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

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
24.8
(Mediocre)
Value Index
42.5
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5500X3D and 7600X3D
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 tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#192nd place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
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
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
25861
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
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 917 & 338 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
186.08

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
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

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-01-04 (Micah)Cinebench 2024103 / 772
📘 2024-12-31 (projectcronos72)Cinebench 2024103 / 774
📘 2024-12-16 (susphil)Cinebench 2024106 / 798
AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D and Ryzen 5 5500X3D

General

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

Performance Cores
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
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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