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Ryzen 5 5500 vs Ryzen 5 5600X — Specs & Performance Compared

Side-by-side comparison of 2 CPU parts: Ryzen 5 5500 vs Ryzen 5 5600X. All released in 2020. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability — click into any column header for the per-SKU benchmark page.

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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Last updated 2026-08-21. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

Current in-stock pricing for each part on Amazon.

Specs side-by-side

SpecRyzen 5 5500Ryzen 5 5600X
cores —6
threads —12
boost clock ghz —4.6
tdp w —65
l3 cache mb —32
socket —AM4

Synthetic benchmarks

Higher is better. Per-row scores come from public benchmark databases (PassMark, TechPowerUp, Geekbench, Cinebench). Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRyzen 5 5500Ryzen 5 5600X
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core 588 pts—
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core 82 pts—
Cinebench R23 multi 10,412 points11,201 points
Cinebench R23 single 1,358 points1,593 points
Geekbench 6 multi 7,653 points8,810 points
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core 8,220 pts—
Geekbench 6 single 1,872 points2,158 points
Geekbench 6 Single-Core 1,961 pts—
PassMark CPU Mark 19,255 points21,836 points
PassMark Single Thread —3,366 points
PassMark Single Thread Rating 3,060 points3,365 points
Y-cruncher 1B —49 seconds

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