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AMD logo Ryzen 9 5900X
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X logo AMD Ryzen 5 5500 logo
General information Ryzen 9 5900X Ryzen 5 5500
Launched Q4 2020 Q2 2022
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Socket AM4 AM4
Series Name AMD Ryzen 9 AMD Ryzen 5
Core Family Name Vermeer Cezanne
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 2.7 %
Turbo Clock 4.8 GHz 0 % 4.2 GHz 12.5 %
Cores 12 0 % 6 50 %
Threads 24 0 % 12 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 W 0 % 65 W 38.1 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 7 nm 0 % 7 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 12 × 32 kB Instruction
12 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 12 × 512 kB
6 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 2 × 32 MB
1 × 16 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen 9 5900X Ryzen 5 5500
Overall Score 70944 0 % 59547 16.1 %
Future Proof 79 % 10.2 % 88 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 25331 0 % 12573 50.4 %
Single Thread Score 3439.8 0 % 3029.4 11.9 %
Encrypting Data 31143.5 MB/s 0 % 14850.2 MB/s 52.3 %
Compressing Data 487.8 MB/s 0 % 242.1 MB/s 50.4 %
String objects sorting 52531.6 thousand/s 0 % 25041.1 thousand/s 52.3 %
Prime numbers generation 255 millions/s 0 % 58.3 millions/s 77.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 143542 millions/s 0 % 65571.5 millions/s 54.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 77993.3 millions/s 0 % 36852.1 millions/s 52.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen 9 5900X, Ryzen 5 5500.

Average frames per second Ryzen 9 5900X Ryzen 5 5500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 165.4 FPS 131.6 FPS
High settings 264.7 FPS 210.5 FPS
Medium settings 330.9 FPS 263.1 FPS
Low settings 413.6 FPS 328.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.5 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Ryzen 9 5900X Ryzen 5 5500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 175.5 FPS 155.4 FPS
High settings 280.9 FPS 248.6 FPS
Medium settings 351.1 FPS 310.8 FPS
Low settings 438.8 FPS 388.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.5 %
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