What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D or AMD Ryzen 5 5500? Which processor is faster?
Compare the available specifications of these models.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a base frequency of 4.2 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 120 W. Released in 2023-04-06.
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 has a base frequency of 3.6 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in 2022-04-04.
Reasons to consider Higher clock speed
Around 17% better clock speed
More number of cores
2 more cores
Higher turbo clock speed
Around 19% higher specified turbo frequency
Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.
Reasons to consider Place in the overall ranking
(based on several benchmarks)
Lower stated TDP / base power
Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.
Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 5500 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.
Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.
Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.
Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.
Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.
Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.
Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and AMD Ryzen 5 5500, virtual machine technologies and process technology.
Shared tests with results for both models: 13
Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.
| Test and settings | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 | Result difference¹ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Linux | 308.596516 samples/min Submissions: 36 | 143.869688 samples/min Submissions: 7 | -53.4 % |
| Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Windows | 291.925091 samples/min Submissions: 71 | 135.237773 samples/min Submissions: 12 | -53.7 % |
| Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Linux | 308.852511 samples/min Submissions: 16 | 158.721888 samples/min Submissions: 21 | -48.6 % |
| Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Windows | 293.059443 samples/min Submissions: 72 | 138.369431 samples/min Submissions: 8 | -52.8 % |
| Blender 5.1.0 / CPU / Windows | 289.884349 samples/min Submissions: 32 | 132.965169 samples/min Submissions: 5 | -54.1 % |
| Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Linux | 318.901589 samples/min Submissions: 58 | 154.442673 samples/min Submissions: 26 | -51.6 % |
| Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows | 262.013881 samples/min Submissions: 304 | 137.48459 samples/min Submissions: 71 | -47.5 % |
| Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Linux | 302.968143 samples/min Submissions: 17 | 152.140637 samples/min Submissions: 11 | -49.8 % |
| Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows | 255.841339 samples/min Submissions: 169 | 132.727253 samples/min Submissions: 38 | -48.1 % |
| Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows | 252.365344 samples/min Submissions: 333 | 125.0808 samples/min Submissions: 55 | -50.4 % |
| Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows | 255.855441 samples/min Submissions: 410 | 127.983699 samples/min Submissions: 52 | -50.0 % |
| Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Windows | 264.848985 samples/min Submissions: 310 | 131.821496 samples/min Submissions: 37 | -50.2 % |
| Test and settings | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 | Result difference¹ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows | 265.58705 samples/min Submissions: 555 | 135.691362 samples/min Submissions: 70 | -48.9 % |
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.
These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.
Published measurements are separate from the archived index. Incomplete conditions and unknown run counts do not support ranking positions or calculated performance differences.
| Model | Test | Result | Reported conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Cinebench R15 / multi-core | 2974 points | Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090 System RAM: 32 GB |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Cinebench R15 / single-core | 291 points | Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090 System RAM: 32 GB |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Cinebench R20 / multi-core | 7121 points | Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090 System RAM: 32 GB |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Cinebench R20 / single-core | 709 points | Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090 System RAM: 32 GB |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Cinebench R23 / multi-core | 18086 points | Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090 System RAM: 32 GB |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Cinebench R23 / single-core | 1820 points | Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090 System RAM: 32 GB |
Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.
| Model | Result | Reported conditions |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10164.770937 H/s | RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows System RAM: 96 GB OS: Windows NT 10.0 Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. / B650I AORUS ULTRA Duration: 98.379 s User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete. |
| Model | Result | Reported conditions |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 5500 | 4356.102682 H/s | RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 8 threads / windows System RAM: 16 GB OS: Windows NT 10.0 Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. / PRIME A520M-A II Duration: 229.563 s User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete. |