Home \ CPUs

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

AMD's Ryzen 5 5500 offers decent performance for non-gaming tasks, but it trails slightly costlier AMD and Intel CPUs in our benchmarks, making it a second-tier pick.

-- As reviewed by PCMag
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 1
70
ProdSeeker Score
Based on 1 expert review
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 1
MSRP: $159.00
Check price at Amazon

Product details

  • Can deliver fast 100 plus FPS performance in the world's most popular games, discrete graphics card required
  • 6 Cores and 12 processing threads, bundled with the AMD Wraith Stealth cooler
  • 4.2 GHz Max Boost, unlocked for overclocking, 19 MB cache, DDR4-3200 support
  • For the advanced Socket AM4 platform

PROS

+ Low $159 price point
+ Decent performance in CPU-intensive tasks

CONS

- A step down in gaming performance
- Surpassed by slightly more expensive chips

Related products

100
Core i7-8700K 1
Core i7-8700K
95
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 1
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
90
Intel Core i7 13700k 1
Intel Core i7-13700k
90
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 1
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
90
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

Expert reviews and ratings

By PCMag on April 26, 2022
AMD's Ryzen 5 5500 offers decent performance for non-gaming tasks, but it trails slightly costlier AMD and Intel CPUs in our benchmarks, making it a second-tier pick.
70