Intel Core i9 7900X 's Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (79.47GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 10 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2666)
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.3GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 14MB)
Lower TDP (65W vs 140W)