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AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X. Specifications, performance, tests

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2022-04-04
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
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2020-11-05
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 4500 or AMD Ryzen 9 5950X? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 5 4500 has a base frequency of 3.6 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in 2022-04-04.

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X has a base frequency of 3.4 GHz. 16 / 32 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 105 W. Released in 2020-11-05.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 4500 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
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  • Higher clock speed

    Around 6% better clock speed

    3.6 GHz left arrow 3.4 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    65 W left arrow 105 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 4500 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    261 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    279 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    338 place
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    24 left arrow place
  • More number of cores

    10 more cores

    16 left arrow 6
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 20 % higher specified turbo frequency

    4.9 GHz left arrow 4.1 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 5950X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    50 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    25 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    32 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    23 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    10 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    12 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    97 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    32 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    18 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    15 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 AMD Ryzen 5 4500
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 4000G left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Ryzen
  • Form Factor
    Desktops / Boxed Processor left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 4
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop
  • Series
    Ryzen 4000 Series left arrow Ryzen 5000 Series
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    3.6 GHz left arrow 3.4 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Core Configuration
    6x Zen 2 left arrow -
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 16
  • CPU Threads
    12 left arrow 32
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    4.1 GHz left arrow 4.9 GHz
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.1 GHz left arrow 4.9 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
    - left arrow 4.2 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    None left arrow None
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and AMD Ryzen 5 4500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    32 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory Bandwidth
    51.2 GB/s left arrow -
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4 left arrow DDR4
  • PCIe
    PCIe 3.0 left arrow PCIe 4.0
  • System Memory Specification
    3200 left arrow 3200
  • PCIe lanes
    - left arrow 20
  • PCIe version
    - left arrow 4.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Default TDP
    65 W left arrow 105 W
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    95 °C left arrow 90 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    65 W left arrow 105 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    - left arrow 142 W
  • TDP down
    45 W left arrow -
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Renoir (Zen 2) left arrow Vermeer (Zen 3)
  • Codename
    Renoir left arrow Vermeer
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L1-Cache
    0.375 MB left arrow -
  • L2-Cache
    3 MB left arrow 8 MB
  • L3-Cache
    8 MB left arrow 64 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
    100-100000644BOX left arrow -
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    100-000000644 left arrow -
  • Operating systems
    Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit left arrow -
  • Release date
    2022-04-04 left arrow 2020-11-05
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow AM4
  • Technology
    TSMC 7nm FinFET left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Thermal Solution (PIB)
    AMD Wraith Stealth left arrow -
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow AMD-V, SVM

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 6

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settingsAMD Ryzen 5 4500 AMD Ryzen 9 5950XResult difference¹
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows 122.659947 samples/min Submissions: 18 377.12565 samples/min Submissions: 367 +207.5 %
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows 115.783441 samples/min Submissions: 11 366.710742 samples/min Submissions: 203 +216.7 %
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows 110.993724 samples/min Submissions: 12 363.828367 samples/min Submissions: 286 +227.8 %
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows 111.327158 samples/min Submissions: 9 359.342965 samples/min Submissions: 354 +222.8 %
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Windows 110.551305 samples/min Submissions: 10 387.130994 samples/min Submissions: 162 +250.2 %
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows 122.347107 samples/min Submissions: 11 373.225213 samples/min Submissions: 340 +205.1 %

¹ Difference of the second result relative to the first in that row. No percentage is calculated for different upscaling algorithms. This compares published results, not a universal performance index.

Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Ryzen 5 4500

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

More results: 4

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

Cinebench 2026 / single core with SMT

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 511 points System: 5950X, RX 7900 GRE, 32 GB
CPU / power label: 5950X, RX 7900 GRE, 32 GB
Source minimum runtime: 0 minutes.
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench 2024 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 1625 points System: Ryzen 9 5950X, 64 GB
CPU / power label: Ryzen 9 5950X, 64 GB
Source minimum runtime: 0 minutes.
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench 2024 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 102 points System: Ryzen 9 5950X, 64 GB
CPU / power label: Ryzen 9 5950X, 64 GB
Source minimum runtime: 0 minutes.
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 4 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 2623.831739 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 4 threads / windows
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: BIOSTAR Group / A520MT
Duration: 381.122 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Cinebench R23 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 28782 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @ Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @ Stock
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R23 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 1684 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @ Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @ Stock
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 10435 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @Stock
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 649 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @Stock
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1182.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
1657.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

6209.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
16942.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

11094.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
46021.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

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