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AMD Ryzen 5 9500F vs Ryzen 5 4500

67 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
VS
38 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
AMD Ryzen 5 4500

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 9500F 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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VS
96.4
(Very good)
Value Index
97.4
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 4500 and 9500F
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
  • Newer - released 3 years and 6 months later
  • Has 24 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • 2x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3098 vs 1580 points
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 22% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.1 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 9500F
vs
Ryzen 5 4500

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#173rd place)
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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 9500F +96%
3098
Ryzen 5 4500
1580
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 9500F +107%
14001
Ryzen 5 4500
6777
File compression 1320 MB/sec 586.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 93.4 Klines/sec 59.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 280.1 pages/sec 146.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 367.1 Mpixels/sec 206.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 330.6 pages/sec 144.5 pages/sec
Background blur 73.1 images/sec 37.8 images/sec
Photo processing 119.7 images/sec 57 images/sec
Ray tracing 20 Mpixels/sec 10.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 9500F +65%
4254
Ryzen 5 4500
2585
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 9500F +76%
28059
Ryzen 5 4500
15946
Integer math 83.8 GOps/sec 49.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 56.2 GOps/sec 29.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 221M Primes/sec 33M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 33.8M Strings/sec 23.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.5 GBytes/sec 13.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 320.5 MBytes/sec 226.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1850 Frames/sec 715 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 26.1B Matrices/sec 15.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 38 & 2538 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 9500F +73%
217.19
Ryzen 5 4500
125.61

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.4 PPW 7.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 215.4 PPW 104.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 431.7 PPW 245.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.34 PPW 1.93 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 9500F and Ryzen 5 4500

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released September 16, 2025 April 4, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Zen 2 (Renoir)
Model number 9500F -
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 10500
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (41st and 164th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 36x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 9.8 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W 88 W
Socket AM5 AM4
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (55th and 153rd place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 9500F official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 16

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Comments

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