Ryzen 5 5500X3D Delivers 13% Higher Multi-Core Performance Than Its Non-X3D Variant In Geekbench

AMD’s budget X3D processor from the Zen 3 family is doing quite good even in synthetic tests like Geekbench. However, gaming performance remains unknown.

Ryzen 5 5500X3D Benchmarked in Geekbench 6.4; Similar Single-Core Performance and 13% Stronger Multi-Core Prowess Compared to Ryzen 5 5500

This is perhaps the first Geekbench benchmark of the recently released Ryzen 5 5500X3D CPU. AMD’s budget segment Ryzen 5500X3D, which launched in June this year, isn’t available worldwide, but at least we can see its capabilities through various platforms. Previously, it showed up at PassMark, delivering superior multi-threaded performance to the Ryzen 5500. Now that we have the Geekbench tests out, we can see that the 5500X3D is once again the better option.

Keep in mind that Geekbench isn’t that reliable, but considering all the recent Ryzen 5 5500 benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D seems to be in a good position. Someone just benchmarked the Ryzen 5 5500X3D using Linux OS, and the CPU scored 1,936 points in single-core and 9,292 points in multi-core tests. We took one of the recent and one of the best sample tests of the Ryzen 5 5500 on Linux and found that the 5500X3D performs nearly 13% better than the non-X3D variant. This is even better than the PassMark score, where the 5500X3D was just 6% faster.

In both instances, the 5500X3D is equally strong as the Ryzen 5500 in single-core performance. So, despite featuring lower base and boost clocks, the Ryzen 5500X3D is not only on par with the Ryzen 5 5500 but is also surprisingly faster in multi-core, which could be due to various factors. On Geekbench, it shows the “base” frequency as 4.27 GHz, which isn’t its boost clock is at 4.0 GHz. So, it appears that the 5500X3D can go even higher despite having a locked multiplier, which is likely done through PBO2 Tuner or BCLK. As far as PassMark is concerned, the more sample tests we have, the better the accuracy of the scores will be. Geekbench, on the other hand, can vary greatly from test to test, which is why tests like Cinebench R23 are one of the best ways to find out the accurate CPU prowess.

As of now, the Ryzen 5500X3D is surely looking great, but we have yet to see its gaming capabilities, which should be much superior to the Ryzen 5500 due to higher L3 cache. The Ryzen 5500, despite being a smaller sibling of the Ryzen 5600, has half the L3 cache, i.e., 16 MB, but the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has 96 MB. The CPU can also operate at a higher wattage, which could be one of the reasons for its better performance on Geekbench and PassMark.

All in all, it should be an excellent budget gaming processor, but the availability remains limited to Latin America. AMD “could” launch the processor in other regions later, but we will have to wait and see if AMD decides expand its availability.

News Source: @Olrak29_