AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X, vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
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
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| Integer Math | 226.1 GOps/s | 65.2 GOps/s |
| Floating-Point Math | 138.2 GOps/s | 36.8 GOps/s |
| Prime Number Search | 339 M primes/s | 57 M primes/s |
| Random String Sort | 98.5 M strings/s | 24.7 M strings/s |
| Data Encryption | 49.4 GB/s | 14.9 GB/s |
| Data Compression | 837.2 MB/s | 245.5 MB/s |
| Physics | 3109 frames/s | 898 frames/s |
| Extended Instructions | 622 M matrices/s | 172 M matrices/s |
| File Compression | 1960 MB/s | 819.4 MB/s |
| Clang Compilation | 211.3 KLines/s | 61.3 KLines/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 414.2 pages/s | 147.3 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 540.6 MP/sec | 233.2 MP/sec |
| Text Processing | 304.8 pages/s | 191.9 pages/s |
| Background Blur | 78.9 frames/s | 40.4 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 148.7 frames/s | 61.4 frames/s |
| Ray Tracing | 46.1 MP/sec | 15.4 MP/sec |
Blender
Performance/Watt
| Geekbench 6 Multi / W | 125.9 PPW | 126.5 PPW |
| PassMark CPU / W | 368.1 PPW | 297.6 PPW |
| Cinebench 2024 / W | 12.2 PPW | 8.4 PPW |
| Blender / W | 3.39 PPW | 2.21 PPW |
General Info
| Manufacturer | AMD | AMD |
| Announced | August, 29, 2022 | March, 15, 2022 |
| Type | PC use | PC use |
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 4 (Raphael) | Zen 3 (Cezanne) |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) | No |
Processor
| Cores | 16 | 6 |
| Threads | 32 | 12 |
| Frequency | 4.5 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | 5.7 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Cores count | 16 | 6 |
| Threads count | 32 | 12 |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 45x | 36x |
| L1 cache | 64 KB/core | 64 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 1000 KB/core | 512 KB/core |
| L3 Cache | 64 MB total | 16 MB total |
| Unlocked multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistor count | 13.1 billion | n/a |
| Process tech. | 5 nm | 7 nm |
| Power (TDP) | 170 W | 65 W |
| Max TDP (Boost) | 230 W | n/a |
| Socket | AM5 | AM4 |
| Critical temp. | 95 °C | 90 °C |
Memory Support
| Memory Type | DDR5-5200 | DDR4-3200 |
| Max Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC support | Yes | No |
| Max memory bandwidth | 73.4 GB | 47.68 GB |
Other
| PCIe Version | 5.0 | 3.0 |
| Max PCIe Lanes | 28 | 24 |
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 9 7950X the clear winner in this comparison.
Survey
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