AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
For gaming, the AMD Ryzen 7 3800X is 2% ahead on our index. The rows below show where the other one still wins.
Gaming index 58 59
Cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Top speed 4.2 GHz 4.5 GHz
Rated power 65 W 105 W
Games at recommended 219 220
Released20222019
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 better than the AMD Ryzen 7 3800X for gaming?
No — on our gaming index the AMD Ryzen 7 3800X scores 59 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB for the AMD Ryzen 7 3800X.