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AMD FX-6300 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q4/2012
AMD FX-6300
AMD FX-6300
Released
Q2/2022
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500
AMD Ryzen 5 5500

What's the best choice AMD FX-6300 or AMD Ryzen 5 5500? Which processor is faster?

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

AMD FX-6300 has a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 95 W. Released in Q4/2012.

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

Differences

AMD FX-6300 Reasons to consider
AMD FX-6300
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1068 left arrow score

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD FX-6300 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    532 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    419 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    830 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    587 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1097 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    974 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    7 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    605 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    435 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    523 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    427 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    745 place
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 3% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 2 % better overclocked clock speed

    4.20 GHz left arrow 4.10 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.68 times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 95 W

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

Specifications

Technical data
AMD FX-6300 AMD FX-6300
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 AMD Ryzen 5 5500
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD FX left arrow AMD Ryzen
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 4
  • CPU group
    AMD FX-6300 left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000G
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.

  • Frequency
    3.50 GHz left arrow 3.60 GHz
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
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
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    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 5 5500 and AMD FX-6300. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-6300 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    95 W left arrow 65 W
  • TDP down
    -- left arrow 45 W
  • Tjunction max.
    71 °C left arrow 95 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD FX-6300 and AMD FX-6300, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    -- left arrow 3.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    8.00 MB left arrow 16.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Vishera (Bulldozer) left arrow Cezanne (Zen 3)
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Socket
    AM3+ left arrow AM4
  • Release date
    Q4/2012 left arrow Q2/2022

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD FX-6300 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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
195
AMD FX-6300
535
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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
854
AMD FX-6300
4086
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
94
AMD FX-6300
221
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
456
AMD FX-6300
1714
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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
529
AMD FX-6300
1355
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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
1916
AMD FX-6300
5979
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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
6384
AMD FX-6300
19607
AMD Ryzen 5 5500

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