Ryzen 5 5500 vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The AMD Ryzen 7 7700X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 5500 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 36% to 109%, including 87% in Cinebench R23 multi (19,785 vs 10,561).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 5500 and the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

AMD · Zen 3

Ryzen 5 5500

6 cores65W TDP$159 MSRP2022

Full Ryzen 5 5500 benchmarks →

AMD · Zen 4

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

8 cores105W TDP

Full AMD Ryzen 7 7700X benchmarks →

*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

Spec	Ryzen 5 5500	AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
cores	6	8
threads	12	16
base clock ghz	3.6	4.5
boost clock ghz	4.2	5.4
tdp w	65	105
memory bus	—	Dual-channel
l2 cache mb	—	8
l3 cache mb	16	32
process nm	7	5
socket	AMD Socket AM4	AMD Socket AM5

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from NanoReview, GadgetVersus, CGDirector, PCSpecs.io, OC Inside, Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB, CPU-Monkey and PassMark; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

Benchmark	Ryzen 5 5500	AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core (higher is better) Source: NanoReview	588 pts	—
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core (higher is better) Source: NanoReview	82 pts	—
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: GadgetVersus, CGDirector, PCSpecs.io, OC Inside	10,561 points	19,785 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: GadgetVersus, CGDirector, PCSpecs.io, OC Inside	1,365 points	1,980 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB, GadgetVersus, CPU-Monkey	7,745 points	16,213 points
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core (higher is better) Source: NanoReview	8,220 pts	—
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB, GadgetVersus, CPU-Monkey	1,902 points	3,003 points
Geekbench 6 Single-Core (higher is better) Source: NanoReview	1,961 pts	—
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark	19,267 pts	35,529 pts
PassMark CPU Mark single thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	—	4,175 points
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	3,062 points	4,180 pts
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better) Source: PassMark	3,060 points	4,176 points

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 5500 or the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X?

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 5500 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 36% to 109%, including 87% in Cinebench R23 multi (19,785 vs 10,561).