AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D
We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 4.1 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D against the 3.0 GHz Ryzen 5 5500X3D. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop CPU.
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
- More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
- 38% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2662 vs 1935 points
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
- 18% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4 GHz)
- Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
- Newer - released 9 months later
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#192nd place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1430 MB/sec | 1070 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 90.5 Klines/sec | 54.3 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 261.1 pages/sec | 201.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 304.1 Mpixels/sec | 238.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 269 pages/sec | 182.7 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 58.9 images/sec | 45.6 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 89.4 images/sec | 75.9 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 18.7 Mpixels/sec | 13.9 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 73.8 GOps/sec | 60 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 44.3 GOps/sec | 34.5 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 234M Primes/sec | 170M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 34.3M Strings/sec | 23.7M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 16.2 GBytes/sec | 14 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 281.7 MBytes/sec | 230.1 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2906 Frames/sec | 2280 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 21.1B Matrices/sec | 15.9B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 13.2 PPW | 5.7 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 190.7 PPW | 85.2 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 397.9 PPW | 193.8 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 2.86 PPW | 1.39 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-01-04 (Micah) | Cinebench 2024 | 103 / 772 |
| 📘 2024-12-31 (projectcronos72) | Cinebench 2024 | 103 / 774 |
| 📘 2024-12-16 (susphil) | Cinebench 2024 | 106 / 798 |
AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D and Ryzen 5 5500X3DGeneral
| Vendor | Amd | Amd |
| Released | September 2, 2024 | June 5, 2025 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 4 (Raphael) | Zen 3 (Vermeer) |
| Model number | - | 5500X3D |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) | No |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (74th and 135th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.1 GHz | 3.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.7 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Total Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 41x | 30x |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1MB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 96MB (shared) | 96MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 11.2 billions | - |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 65 W | 105 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 88 W | 142 W |
| Socket | AM5 | AM4 |
| Peak Temperature | 89°C | 90°C |
Desktop CPU ranking (85th and 128th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) | - |
| GPU Base Clock | 400 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2200 MHz | - |
| Shading Units | 128 | - |
| TMUs | 8 | - |
| ROPs | 4 | - |
| Execution Units | 2 | - |
| TGP | 15 W | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR5-5200 | - DDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | 51.2 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D official page | AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 20 |
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