AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

The two products' specifications row by row. Rows where they differ are marked; a missing value is unknown, never equal.

11 differences
SpecificationAMD Ryzen 5 5500AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
Processor base frequencyDiffers3.6 GHz3.8 GHz
Processor boost frequencyDiffers4.2 GHz5.5 GHz
Processor coresDiffers68
Processor lithographyDiffers7 nm4 nm
Processor modelDiffersRyzen 5 55009700X
Processor socketDiffersSocket AM4AM5
Processor threadsDiffers1216
Thermal Design Power (TDP)Differs65 W65W
On-board graphics cardDiffersNoYes
Launch dateDiffersMarch 15, 202208/08/2024
Maximum memoryDiffers128 GB256 GB
Processor manufacturerSameAMDAMD
Processor operating modesSamex86-64x86-64
Memory channelsSame22
Processor brand nameSameRyzenRyzen
Cooler includednot knownnot knownNo
Memory types supported by processornot knownDDR4-3200not known
Processor cachenot known16 MBnot known
Processor codenamenot knownZen 3 (Cezanne)not known
Processor familynot knownnot knownRyzen Series
On-board graphics card modelnot knownnot knownAMD Radeon™ Graphics
Memory bandwidth (max)not known47.68 GB/snot known
Cache internalnot knownnot known32 MB
Bus speednot known100 MHznot known
Graphics max dynamic frequencynot knownnot known2200 MHz
Number of graphics coresnot knownnot known2
PCI Supportnot knownPCI Express Version 3.0not known
Processor IDnot knownnot knownAM5
Package typenot knownnot knownTray