AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i7-3770. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2022
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Released
Q2/2012
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Intel Core i7-3770
Intel Core i7-3770

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 5500 or Intel Core i7-3770? 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.

Intel Core i7-3770 has a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 77 W. Released in Q2/2012.

Differences

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

    (based on several benchmarks)

    319 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 6% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.40 GHz
  • More number of cores

    2 times more cores

    6 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 7% better overclocked clock speed

    4.20 GHz left arrow 3.90 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 77 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
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    831 left arrow score

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i7-3770 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    348 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    291 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    460 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    356 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    596 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    447 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    750 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    703 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1164 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    54 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    345 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    282 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    176 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    266 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    310 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    577 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Intel Core i7-3770 Intel Core i7-3770
CPU family and group

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

  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i7
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 5000G left arrow Intel Core i 3000
  • 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 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 Intel HD Graphics 4000
  • GPU frequency
    -- left arrow 0.65 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow 1.15 GHz
  • Execution units
    -- left arrow 16
  • Shader
    -- left arrow 128
  • Max. displays
    -- left arrow 3
  • Generation
    -- left arrow 7
  • Technology
    -- left arrow 22 nm
  • Release date
    -- left arrow Q1/2011
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 Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-3770 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow
  • Max. Memory
    64 GB left arrow 32 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 Intel Core i7-3770 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 77 W
  • TDP down
    45 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max.
    95 °C left arrow --
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 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
  • L2-Cache
    3.00 MB left arrow --
  • L3-Cache
    16.00 MB left arrow 8.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Cezanne (Zen 3) left arrow Ivy Bridge S
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 22 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 1155
  • Release date
    Q2/2022 left arrow Q2/2012

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 Intel Core i7-3770.

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
820
Intel Core i7-3770
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
3650
Intel Core i7-3770
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
298
Intel Core i7-3770
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
1419
Intel Core i7-3770
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
221
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
134
Intel Core i7-3770
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
1714
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
669
Intel Core i7-3770
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
805
Intel Core i7-3770
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
3091
Intel Core i7-3770
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
19607
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
9418
Intel Core i7-3770

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