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AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT vs Ryzen 5 2600

46 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT
VS
31 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT
AMD Ryzen 5 2600

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT against the 3.4 GHz Ryzen 5 2600. 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
80.3
(Good)
Value Index
12.5
(Bad)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 2600 and 5500GT
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT
  • Newer - released 5 years and 5 months later
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 12 nanometers
  • 73% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2010 vs 1162 points
  • Around 7.49 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7
  • 13% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 3.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 5500GT
vs
Ryzen 5 2600

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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 5500GT +73%
2010
Ryzen 5 2600
1162
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 5500GT +56%
8177
Ryzen 5 2600
5239
File compression - 582.9 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 39.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 134.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 160.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 102.9 pages/sec
Background blur - 22.9 images/sec
Photo processing - 48 images/sec
Ray tracing - 8.95 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 840 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 5500GT +38%
3078
Ryzen 5 2600
2235
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 5500GT +45%
19049
Ryzen 5 2600
13133
Integer math - 44.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math - 22.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers - 37M Primes/sec
Random string sorting - 21.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption - 12.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression - 186.9 MBytes/sec
Physics - 669 Frames/sec
Extended instructions - 7.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 15855 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 5500GT +31%
140.83
Ryzen 5 2600
107.32

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 9.8 PPW 6.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 125.8 PPW 80.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 293.1 PPW 202 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.17 PPW 1.65 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

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📘 2026-02-25 (Friendly_Name)Cinebench 202461 / 420
📘 2025-06-10 (Edwardvansloan)Cinebench 202460 / 396
📘 2024-08-25 (Guest #2)Cinebench 202456 / 328
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT and Ryzen 5 2600

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 8, 2024 September 11, 2018
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) -
Model number 5500GT -
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7 No
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 8500
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 7600
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (129th and 181st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 3.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 34x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 10.7 billions 4.8 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 12 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-65 W (configurable) 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W -
Socket AM4 AM4
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (126th and 179th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon RX Vega 7 -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1900 MHz -
Shading Units 448 -
TMUs 28 -
ROPs 8 -
Execution Units 7 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 5500GT
1.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 2600
n/a
See: Radeon RX Vega 7 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR4-2933
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 43.71 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT official page -
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

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