AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs AMD Ryzen 7 4700S. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2022
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Released
Q2/2021
Overall score
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AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 5500 or AMD Ryzen 7 4700S? Which processor is faster?

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

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 has a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. 6 / 12 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q2/2022.

AMD Ryzen 7 4700S has a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q2/2021.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    319 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 11% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 5% better overclocked clock speed

    4.20 GHz left arrow 4.00 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 5500 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    162 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    162 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    114 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    165 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    57 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    177 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    290 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    455 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    254 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    159 place
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    433 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 1.33 times more cores

    8 left arrow 6

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 4700S CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    223 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    151 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    230 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    161 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    421 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    342 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 AMD Ryzen 5 5500
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
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 5000G left arrow AMD Ryzen 4000G
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 3
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 No
  • Frequency
    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.20 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 frequency
    -- left arrow
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    -- left arrow
  • Shader
    -- left arrow
  • Max. displays
    -- left arrow
  • Generation
    -- left arrow
  • Technology
    -- left arrow
  • Release date
    -- left arrow
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 7 4700S and AMD Ryzen 5 5500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow GDDR6
  • Max. Memory
    64 GB left arrow 16 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and AMD Ryzen 7 4700S to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

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

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500, 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 --
  • L3-Cache
    16.00 MB left arrow 8.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Cezanne (Zen 3) left arrow Renoir (Zen 2)
  • 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 Q2/2021

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and AMD Ryzen 7 4700S.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
1370
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
1194
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading
10605
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
11210
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
535
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
451
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading
4086
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
4275
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
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
1355
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
1122
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
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
5979
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
7745
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S

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