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General information Ryzen 9 5900X A8-5500
Launched Q4 2020 Q2 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Socket AM4 FM2
Series Name AMD Ryzen 9 AMD A8
Core Family Name Vermeer Trinity
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 13.5 %
Turbo Clock 4.8 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 22.9 %
Cores 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Threads 24 0 % 4 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 W 0 % 65 W 38.1 %
Lithography 7 nm 78.1 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 12 × 32 kB Instruction
12 × 32 kB Data
4 × 16 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 12 × 512 kB
2 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Ryzen 9 5900X A8-5500
Overall Score 70946 0 % 35997 49.3 %
Future Proof 79 % 0 % 30 % 62 %
Benchmark Score 25334 0 % 1679 93.4 %
Single Thread Score 3471 0 % 1341.3 61.4 %
Encrypting Data 31144.5 MB/s 0 % 3818.1 MB/s 87.7 %
Compressing Data 486.9 MB/s 0 % 42.8 MB/s 91.2 %
String objects sorting 52232.2 thousand/s 0 % 5391 thousand/s 89.7 %
Prime numbers generation 255.5 millions/s 0 % 11 millions/s 95.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 141563 millions/s 0 % 17475.5 millions/s 87.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 77836.8 millions/s 0 % 4693.4 millions/s 94 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen 9 5900X, A8-5500.

Average frames per second Ryzen 9 5900X A8-5500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 165.4 FPS 61.6 FPS
High settings 264.7 FPS 98.6 FPS
Medium settings 330.9 FPS 123.3 FPS
Low settings 413.6 FPS 154.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 62.7 %

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 A8-5500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 175.5 FPS 113.9 FPS
High settings 280.9 FPS 182.3 FPS
Medium settings 351.1 FPS 227.8 FPS
Low settings 438.8 FPS 284.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 35.1 %
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