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AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Ryzen 3 4100

45 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
VS
34 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 3 4100
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
AMD Ryzen 3 4100

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5500 with 6-cores against the 3.8 GHz Ryzen 3 4100 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
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
130.1
(Excellent)
Value Index
74.6
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 4100 and 5500
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 27% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1961 vs 1539 points
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.2 GHz vs 4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 5500
vs
Ryzen 3 4100

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Ryzen 5 5500 +62%
588
Ryzen 3 4100
364
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 +27%
1961
Ryzen 3 4100
1539
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 5500 +63%
8220
Ryzen 3 4100
5056
File compression 819.4 MB/sec 434.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 61.3 Klines/sec 32 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 147.3 pages/sec 105.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 233.2 Mpixels/sec 160.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 191.9 pages/sec 131.4 pages/sec
Background blur 40.4 images/sec 30.7 images/sec
Photo processing 61.4 images/sec 46.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.4 Mpixels/sec 8.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 907 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 5500 +21%
3061
Ryzen 3 4100
2529
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 5500 +75%
19247
Ryzen 3 4100
11017
Integer math 64.6 GOps/sec 32.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 36.8 GOps/sec 19.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 55M Primes/sec 23M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 24.7M Strings/sec 15.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.8 GBytes/sec 9.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 245.4 MBytes/sec 149.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 881 Frames/sec 555 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.3B Matrices/sec 9.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 15772 & 290 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 5500 +79%
143.63
Ryzen 3 4100
80.44

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 9 PPW 5.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 126.5 PPW 77.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 296.1 PPW 169.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.21 PPW 1.24 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
📘 2026-06-10 (leosangester)Cinebench 2024429 / 2105
📘 2026-06-04 (Aideau)Cinebench 2026424 / 2421
📘 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22Geekbench 6 CPU2028 / 8385
📘 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22Cinebench 202488 / 627
📘 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22Geekbench 6 CPU1972 / 8289
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and Ryzen 3 4100

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released March 15, 2022 April 4, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Zen 2 (Renoir)
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i5 11400 - Intel Core i3 10100F
Successor - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (138th and 171st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 4
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 38x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 9.8 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 65 W
Socket AM4 AM4
Peak Temperature 90°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (129th and 161st place)

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 5500 official page -
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 8

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Total votes: 5

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Comments

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