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AMD FX-8320 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Last updated: 2026-07-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 38 %

AMD FX-8320

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 38 %

AMD FX-8320

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

188 cb

6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz

535 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

522

6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz

1,355

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.75 GHz

1,082 cb

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

4,086 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.75 GHz

2,489

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

5,979

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

223

6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz

584

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

1,350

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

4,643

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

91 cb

6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz

221 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.75 GHz

608 cb

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

1,714 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD FX-8320	AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Family	AMD FX (30)	AMD Ryzen 5 (100)
CPU group	AMD FX-8000 (11)	AMD Ryzen 5000G (17)
Architecture	Vishera (Bulldozer)	Cezanne (Zen 3)
Technology	32 nm	7 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM3+	AM4 (PGA 1331)
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD FX-8320	AMD Ryzen 5 5500
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	6 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	6x
Frequency:	3.50 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.00 GHz	4.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.75 GHz
L2-Cache		3.00 MB
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	16.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD FX-8320	AMD Ryzen 5 5500
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD FX-8320	AMD Ryzen 5 5500
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD FX-8320	AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Memory	DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory		64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe		3.0 x 24
PCIe Bandwidth		23.6 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD FX-8320	AMD Ryzen 5 5500
TDP	125 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down		45 W
T. junction max.		95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD FX-8320	AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Chip design	Unknown	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q4/2012	Q2/2022
Release price	125 $	159 $
Documents		Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD FX-8320 is 4.2 stars (31 ratings), while AMD Ryzen 5 5500 has received 4.3 stars (298 ratings).

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AMD FX-8320
8C / 8T · 3.50 - 4.00 GHz

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen 5 5500
6C / 12T · 3.60 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★