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AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Ryzen 3 3200G

45 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
VS
27 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
AMD Ryzen 3 3200G

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5500 with 6-cores against the 3.6 GHz Ryzen 3 3200G with 4-cores. 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
130.1
(Excellent)
Value Index
46.7
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 3200G and 5500
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • 77% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1961 vs 1109 points
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 7 versus 12 nanometers
  • Newer - released 2 years and 6 months later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.2 GHz vs 4 GHz)
  • Around 3.97 GB/s (9%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Vega 8

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 5500
vs
Ryzen 3 3200G

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Ryzen 5 5500 +160%
588
Ryzen 3 3200G
226
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 +77%
1961
Ryzen 3 3200G
1109
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 5500 +144%
8220
Ryzen 3 3200G
3364
File compression 819.4 MB/sec 356.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 61.3 Klines/sec 21.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 147.3 pages/sec 74.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 233.2 Mpixels/sec 109.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 191.9 pages/sec 97.9 pages/sec
Background blur 40.4 images/sec 17.1 images/sec
Photo processing 61.4 images/sec 36.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.4 Mpixels/sec 4.67 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 907 & 876 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 5500 +40%
3061
Ryzen 3 3200G
2183
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 5500 +176%
19247
Ryzen 3 3200G
6985
Integer math 64.6 GOps/sec 20.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 36.8 GOps/sec 13 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 55M Primes/sec 23M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 24.7M Strings/sec 10.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.8 GBytes/sec 4.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 245.4 MBytes/sec 85.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 881 Frames/sec 393 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.3B Matrices/sec 4.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 15772 & 4618 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 5500 +204%
143.63
Ryzen 3 3200G
47.32

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 9 PPW 3.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 126.5 PPW 51.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 296.1 PPW 107.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.21 PPW 0.73 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
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-10 (leosangester)Cinebench 2024429 / 2105
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-04 (Aideau)Cinebench 2026424 / 2421
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22GeekBench2028 / 8385
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22Cinebench 202488 / 627
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22GeekBench1972 / 8289
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AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-06-28 (mj07mayo)Cinebench 202456 / 226
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and Ryzen 3 3200G

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released March 15, 2022 September 30, 2019
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Zen+ (Picasso)
Integrated GPU No Radeon Vega 8
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i5 11400 -
Successor - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F - AMD Ryzen 3 8300G
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (138th and 185th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 4
Total Threads 12 4
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 36x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 4.9 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 12 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 45-65 W (configurable)
Socket AM4 AM4
Peak Temperature 90ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (128th and 185th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon Vega 8
GPU Base Clock - 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 1250 MHz
Shading Units - 512
TMUs - 32
ROPs - 8
Execution Units - 8
TGP - 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 5500
n/a
Ryzen 3 3200G
1.3 TFLOPS
See: Radeon RX Vega 8 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR4-2933
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 47.68 GB/s 43.71 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 5500 official page AMD Ryzen 3 3200G official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 8

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G or Ryzen 5 5500?
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