AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
For gaming, the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 is 4% ahead on our index. The rows below show where the other one still wins.
Gaming index 56 58
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Top speed 4.4 GHz 4.2 GHz
Rated power 95 W 65 W
Games at recommended 211 219
Released20192022
Processor-heavy games only the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 meets
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X better than the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 for gaming?
No — on our gaming index the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 scores 58 and the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 56.
What is the fastest graphics card each one can keep up with?
At 1440p, by our bottleneck model: the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB for the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti for the AMD Ryzen 5 5500.