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AMD logo Ryzen 7 3800X
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AMD logo Ryzen 5 5500

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X logo AMD Ryzen 5 5500 logo
General information Ryzen 7 3800X Ryzen 5 5500
Launched Q3 2019 Q2 2022
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Socket AM4 AM4
Series Name AMD Ryzen 7 AMD Ryzen 5
Core Family Name Matisse Cezanne
Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 7.7 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 4.2 GHz 6.7 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
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 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 64 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 512 kB
6 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 2 × 16 MB
1 × 16 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen 7 3800X Ryzen 5 5500
Overall Score 62220 0 % 59555 4.3 %
Future Proof 72 % 18.2 % 88 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 14987 0 % 12580 16.1 %
Single Thread Score 2707.1 11.1 % 3044.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 19285.1 MB/s 0 % 14991 MB/s 22.3 %
Compressing Data 297.4 MB/s 0 % 240.9 MB/s 19 %
String objects sorting 32900.4 thousand/s 0 % 25159.1 thousand/s 23.5 %
Prime numbers generation 105.5 millions/s 0 % 57.5 millions/s 45.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 68487.1 millions/s 0 % 65265.8 millions/s 4.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 39810.2 millions/s 0 % 36889.1 millions/s 7.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen 7 3800X, Ryzen 5 5500.

Average frames per second Ryzen 7 3800X Ryzen 5 5500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.4 FPS 131.5 FPS
High settings 223.1 FPS 210.4 FPS
Medium settings 278.9 FPS 263.0 FPS
Low settings 348.6 FPS 328.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.7 %

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 7 3800X Ryzen 5 5500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 160.1 FPS 155.4 FPS
High settings 256.1 FPS 248.6 FPS
Medium settings 320.1 FPS 310.8 FPS
Low settings 400.2 FPS 388.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.9 %
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