AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X with 64 cores 3.2GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 5500 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 Threadripper 7980X 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (166.4GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 7nm)

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Lower TDP (65W vs 350W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X +38%

1891

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

1364

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X +832%

98341

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

10550

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X +59%

2828

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

1776

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X +270%

26811

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

7245

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Mar 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Storm Peak

Core Architecture

Cezanne

AMD Socket sTR5

Socket

AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 4 (Storm Peak))

Generation

-

Package

52.56 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

350 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

90 °C

TSMC

Foundry

-

8x71 mm²

Die Size

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

388 mm

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

6

-

Performance Core Threads

12

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

5.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

64

Total Core Count

6

128

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

32.0

Multiplier

36x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

64 MB

L2 Cache

512 K per core

256 MB

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

1 TB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

166.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

51.2 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

5

PCIe Version

3.0

48

PCIe Lanes

20

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