AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
For gaming, the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X is 5% ahead on our index. The rows below show where the other one still wins.
Gaming index 58 61
Cores 6 12
Threads 12 24
Top speed 4.2 GHz 4.6 GHz
Rated power 65 W 105 W
Games at recommended 219 223
Released20222019
Processor-heavy games only the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X meets
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 better than the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X for gaming?
No — on our gaming index the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X scores 61 and the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 58.
What is the fastest graphics card each one can keep up with?
At 1440p, by our bottleneck model: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti for the AMD Ryzen 5 5500, and the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT for the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X.