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AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Ryzen 5 4500

44 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
VS
38 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
AMD Ryzen 5 4500

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5500 against the 3.6 GHz Ryzen 5 4500. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
123.4
(Excellent)
Value Index
97.4
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 4500 and 5500
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • 24% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1961 vs 1580 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.2 GHz vs 4.1 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 5500
vs
Ryzen 5 4500

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Ryzen 5 5500 +22%
588
Ryzen 5 4500
483
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 424 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 2421 -
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 5500 +24%
1961
Ryzen 5 4500
1580
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 5500 +21%
8220
Ryzen 5 4500
6777
File compression 819.4 MB/sec 586.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 61.3 Klines/sec 59.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 147.3 pages/sec 146.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 233.2 Mpixels/sec 206.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 191.9 pages/sec 144.5 pages/sec
Background blur 40.4 images/sec 37.8 images/sec
Photo processing 61.4 images/sec 57 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.4 Mpixels/sec 10.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 907 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 5500 +18%
3061
Ryzen 5 4500
2585
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 5500 +21%
19247
Ryzen 5 4500
15946
Integer math 64.6 GOps/sec 49.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 36.8 GOps/sec 29.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 55M Primes/sec 33M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 24.7M Strings/sec 23.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.8 GBytes/sec 13.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 245.4 MBytes/sec 226.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 881 Frames/sec 715 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.3B Matrices/sec 15.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 15772 & 2538 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 5500 +14%
143.63
Ryzen 5 4500
125.61

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 9 PPW 7.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 126.5 PPW 104.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 296.1 PPW 245.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.21 PPW 1.93 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-10 (leosangester)Cinebench 2024429 / 2105
📘 2026-06-04 (Aideau)Cinebench 2026424 / 2421
📘 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22Geekbench 6 CPU2028 / 8385
📘 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22Cinebench 202488 / 627
📘 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22Geekbench 6 CPU1972 / 8289
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and Ryzen 5 4500

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released March 15, 2022 April 4, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Zen 2 (Renoir)
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i5 11400 - Intel Core i5 10500
Successor - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (143rd and 164th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 36x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 9.8 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 88 W
Socket AM4 AM4
Peak Temperature 90°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (131st and 153rd place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 47.68 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 5500 official page -
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 16

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
29 (78.4%)
8 (21.6%)
Total votes: 37

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Comments

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