AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Ryzen 5 5500 (Zen 3) is a mainstream AM4 CPU released Apr 4, 2022 for budget 1080p gaming and productivity; 6C/12T, DDR4‑3200, PCIe 3.0, unlocked, no iGPU.
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Product overview
Launched on April 4, 2022, the Ryzen 5 5500 joins AMD’s Ryzen 5000 family (Zen 3, “Cezanne”) on the AM4 platform. It’s a 6‑core/12‑thread part at 3.6/4.2 GHz with 19 MB total cache, DDR4‑3200 support, and PCIe 3.0. AMD bundled a Wraith Stealth cooler and enabled multiplier overclocking.
Positioned as a mainstream Ryzen 5, it exists to offer a budget‑friendly Zen 3 upgrade for widespread AM4 motherboards (300/400/500 series with appropriate BIOS support). It’s well‑suited to 1080p gaming with a discrete GPU, everyday office/productivity, light streaming, and value‑focused builds. Note: it has no integrated graphics, so a dedicated GPU is required.
- 1080p gaming
- office/productivity
- streaming
- budget builds
Product highlights
- 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
Specifications
- Cores
- 6
- Threads
- 12
- Base clock
- 3.6 GHZ
- Boost clock
- 4.2 GHZ
- Socket
- AM4
- Memory
- DDR4-3200
- TDP
- 65 W
- Cache
- 19 MB
- Generation
- 4
- Bus Speed
- PCIe 3.0
- Max Memory Size
- 128 GB
- ECC Support
- No
- Hyper Threading
- Yes
- Turbo Boost
- 2.0
- Ram Speed
- 4 MT/s
