AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 4500, vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
1211
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
1358
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
9305
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
10412
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
74
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
78
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
483
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
549
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
2596
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
3057
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
16112
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
19342
Integer Math49.8 GOps/s65.2 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math29.5 GOps/s36.8 GOps/s
Prime Number Search34 M primes/s57 M primes/s
Random String Sort24 M strings/s24.7 M strings/s
Data Encryption13.6 GB/s14.9 GB/s
Data Compression229.2 MB/s245.5 MB/s
Physics725 frames/s898 frames/s
Extended Instructions152 M matrices/s172 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
1580
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
1961
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
6777
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
8220
File Compression586.6 MB/s819.4 MB/s
Clang Compilation59.5 KLines/s61.3 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser146.6 pages/s147.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering206.7 MP/sec233.2 MP/sec
Text Processing144.5 pages/s191.9 pages/s
Background Blur37.8 frames/s40.4 frames/s
Photo Processing57 frames/s61.4 frames/s
Ray Tracing10.7 MP/sec15.4 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
125.61
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
143.63

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 104.3 PPW 126.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 247.9 PPW 297.6 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 7.4 PPW 8.4 PPW
Blender / W 1.93 PPW 2.21 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced April, 4, 2022 March, 15, 2022
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 2 (Renoir) Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Integrated GPU No No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Frequency 3.6 GHz 3.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.1 GHz 4.2 GHz
General
Cores count66
Threads count1212
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier36x36x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache8 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Transistor count 9.8 billion n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Max TDP (Boost) 88 W n/a
Socket AM4 AM4
Critical temp. 95 °C 90 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200
Max Size 64 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 47.68 GB

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 16 24

Results

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