AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

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

3 differences
SpecificationAMD Ryzen 5 5500AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
Processor coresDiffers612
Processor modelDiffersRyzen 5 55009900X
Processor threadsDiffers1224
Processor manufacturerSameAMDAMD
Processor brand nameSameRyzenRyzen
Memory types supported by processornot knownDDR4-3200not known
Processor base frequencynot known3.6 GHznot known
Processor boost frequencynot known4.2 GHznot known
Processor cachenot known16 MBnot known
Processor codenamenot knownZen 3 (Cezanne)not known
Processor familynot knownnot knownRyzen 9000 Series
Processor lithographynot known7 nmnot known
Processor operating modesnot knownx86-64not known
Processor socketnot knownSocket AM4not known
Thermal Design Power (TDP)not known65 Wnot known
Memory bandwidth (max)not known47.68 GB/snot known
Memory channelsnot known2not known
On-board graphics cardnot knownNonot known
Bus speednot known100 MHznot known
Launch datenot knownMarch 15, 2022not known
Maximum memorynot known128 GBnot known
PCI Supportnot knownPCI Express Version 3.0not known
Package typenot knownnot knownTray