AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X with 12 cores 3.7GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT with 6 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 16MB)

AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 3 months late

Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Lower TDP (65W vs 105W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +219%

22046

AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

6907

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +10%

2235

AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

2017

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +54%

12589

AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

8165

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +6%

94

AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

88

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +93%

1189

AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

614

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

General Parameters

Oct 2020

Release Date

Jan 2024

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Zen 3 (Vermeer)

Core Architecture

Cezanne

AM4

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

No

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Vega 7

-

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 3 (Cezanne))

Package

4.15 billions

Transistor Count

10.7 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

65 W

90°C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

180 mm²

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

-

24

Performance Core Threads

-

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

12

Total Core Count

6

24

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

37x

Multiplier

36.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

-

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

51.2 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

4.0

PCIe Version

3

20

PCIe Lanes

16

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