AMD Ryzen 5 9500F vs Ryzen 5 5500
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45
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We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 9500F against the 3.6 GHz Ryzen 5 5500. 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
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
- Newer - released 3 years and 6 months later
- Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
- Around 41.92 GB/s (88%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- More modern manufacturing process โ 4 versus 7 nanometers
- Newer PCI Express version โ 5.0
- 58% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3098 vs 1961 points
- 19% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 424 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 2421 |
Cinebench Scores (#173rd place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1320 MB/sec | 819.4 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 93.4 Klines/sec | 61.3 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 280.1 pages/sec | 147.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 367.1 Mpixels/sec | 233.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 330.6 pages/sec | 191.9 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 73.1 images/sec | 40.4 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 119.7 images/sec | 61.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 20 Mpixels/sec | 15.4 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 83.8 GOps/sec | 64.6 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 56.2 GOps/sec | 36.8 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 221M Primes/sec | 55M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 33.8M Strings/sec | 24.7M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 15.5 GBytes/sec | 14.8 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 320.5 MBytes/sec | 245.4 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1850 Frames/sec | 881 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 26.1B Matrices/sec | 17.3B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 14.4 PPW | 9 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 215.4 PPW | 126.5 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 431.7 PPW | 296.1 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 3.34 PPW | 2.21 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-06-10 (leosangester) | Cinebench 2024 | 429 / 2105 |
| ๐ 2026-06-04 (Aideau) | Cinebench 2026 | 424 / 2421 |
| ๐ 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2028 / 8385 |
| ๐ 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22 | Cinebench 2024 | 88 / 627 |
| ๐ 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1972 / 8289 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 9500F and Ryzen 5 5500General
| Vendor | Amd | Amd |
| Released | September 16, 2025 | March 15, 2022 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) | Zen 3 (Cezanne) |
| Model number | 9500F | - |
| Integrated GPU | No | No |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core i5 11400 |
| Successor | - | - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (41st and 138th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.8 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Total Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 38x | 36x |
| L1 Cache | 80K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1MB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 32MB (shared) | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 65 W | 65 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 88 W | - |
| Socket | AM5 | AM4 |
| Peak Temperature | 95ยฐC | 90ยฐC |
Desktop CPU ranking (55th and 129th place)
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR5-5600 | - DDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 89.6 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | No |
Misc
| Official Site | AMD Ryzen 5 9500F official page | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 24 |
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