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

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2022
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
Released
Q4/2020
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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 maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. 6 / 12 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q2/2022.

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X has a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. 16 Cores. Power consumption of 105 W. Released in Q4/2020.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 4500 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    806 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 6% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.40 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less 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)
    370 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    440 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    498 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)

    16 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 2.67 times more cores

    16 left arrow 6
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 16 % better overclocked clock speed

    4.90 GHz left arrow 4.10 GHz

Positions in all rankings

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

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    75 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    29 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    52 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    28 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    27 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    15 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    105 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    76 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    18 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    42 place
  • CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)
    17 place
  • CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
    6 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    112 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.

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

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Frequency
    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.40 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
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    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.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR4-3200
  • Max. Memory
    32 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 105 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    -- left arrow 142 W
  • TDP down
    45 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max.
    100 °C left arrow 95 °C
Technologies and extensions

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

  • 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
  • L2-Cache
    3.00 MB left arrow 8.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    8.00 MB left arrow 64.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Renoir (Zen 2) left arrow Vermeer (Zen 3)
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow AM4
  • Release date
    Q2/2022 left arrow Q4/2020

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

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!

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
1182
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
1657
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
6209
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
16942
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
11094
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
46021
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

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