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

Side-by-side comparison of 2 CPU parts: Ryzen 5 5500 vs Ryzen 5 5600. All released in 2022. MSRP range: $159 · $199. 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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Where to buy

Current in-stock pricing for each part on Amazon.

Specs side-by-side

SpecRyzen 5 5500Ryzen 5 5600
cores 66
threads 1212
base clock ghz 3.6—
boost clock ghz 4.24.4
tdp w 6565
l3 cache mb 1632
process nm 7—
socket AMD Socket AM4AM4

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 5600
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core 588 pts—
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core 82 pts—
Cinebench R23 multi 10,412 points10,953 points
Cinebench R23 single 1,358 points1,462 points
Cinebench R23 single-core —1,306 pts
Geekbench 5 single-core —1,386 pts
Geekbench 6 multi 7,745 points8,820 points
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core 8,220 pts—
Geekbench 6 single 1,902 points2,081 points
Geekbench 6 Single-Core 1,961 pts—
PassMark CPU Mark 19,255 points21,518 points
PassMark Single Thread —3,254 points

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