AMD Ryzen 5 5500 6-Core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler
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Features
- Can deliver fast 100 plus FPS performance in the world's most popular games, discrete graphics card required
- 6 Cores and 12 processing threads, bundled with the AMD Wraith Stealth cooler
- 4.2 GHz Max Boost, unlocked for overclocking, 19 MB cache, DDR4-3200 support
- For the advanced Socket AM4 platform
Description
AMD Ryzen™ 5 5500 6-Core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler.
Brand: AMD
CPU Manufacturer: AMD
CPU Model: Ryzen 5
CPU Speed: 4.2 GHz
CPU Socket: Socket AM4
Processor Series: Ryzen 5
Processor Speed: 4.2 GHz
Processor Socket: Socket AM4
Secondary Cache: 16 MB
Wattage: 65 watts
Cache Memory Installed Size: 19 MB
Processor Count: 6
Processor Number of Concurrent Threads: 12
Processor Core Count: 6
Cooling Method: Air
Platform: Windows
Item Dimensions L x W: 1.57"L x 1.57"W
Software Update Supported to Date: unknown
Brand: AMD
Processor Brand: AMD
Model Number: AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Number of Items: 1
Unit Count: 1 Count
UPC: 730143314121
Manufacturer: AMD
Global Trade Identification Number: 21
Built-In Media: Item
Item Weight: 15.2 ounces
Item Type Name: Desktop Processor
Mfr Part Number: 7BOX
Warranty Description: 3 Year
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I picked up the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 for a budget-friendly build, and it has exceeded my expectations. If you are looking for maximum performance per dollar, this 6-core, 12-thread chip is tough to beat. Performance & High Loads This CPU performs great at high loads. Whether I'm running multi-threaded workloads, rendering video, or handling heavy multitasking with dozens of browser tabs and background apps open, it doesn't stutter. For gaming, it handles modern AAA 1080p titles at high settings with ease when paired with a decent dedicated graphics card (I use a rx 6600xt). Cooling & Setup The included Wraith Stealth Cooler is a massive plus. It keeps temperatures perfectly stable under normal use, though if you plan to push heavy loads for hours at a time, spending a few extra bucks on a basic tower cooler keeps it even quieter. Installation was straightforward and seamless. Pros: Excellent 6-core / 12-thread performance for the price Handles heavy multitasking and high loads smoothly Includes a decent stock cooler in the box Unlocked for light overclocking Low power consumption Cons: PCIe 3.0 only (no PCIe 4.0 support, though negligible for most budget builds) Verdict: If you're building a budget to mid-range PC or upgrading an older AM4 system, buy this. It delivers incredible performance without breaking the bank!
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Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2026 by Mickey
I upgraded to the Ryzen 5 5500 from an older processor, and the performance improvement was immediately noticeable. The 6 cores and 12 threads handle gaming, multitasking, and everyday applications very well. Games run smoothly, and I can have multiple programs open at the same time without any slowdowns. Installation was straightforward, and the included Wraith Stealth cooler was easy to mount. Temperatures have stayed reasonable during gaming and normal use, and the system has remained completely stable. For the price, this CPU offers excellent value. It also provides room for overclocking for users who want additional performance, although it performs great at stock settings. It's an ideal upgrade for anyone building a budget or mid-range AM4 system. After several months of use, I've experienced no crashes or stability issues. Overall, the Ryzen 5 5500 is a reliable, affordable processor that delivers excellent performance for gaming, schoolwork, and general PC use.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2026 by zee
got this at a really good price and its been a solid cpu. plenty of performance for regular use and gaming, and the included cooler is a nice bonus. no issues with it so far and it does what i need it to do without any problems.
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2026 by sammie_reviews
I do a weekly show on YouTube, Twitch and Kick that I multi stream locally using Prism Live Studio. For a very long time I had been using an old i7-7700k with a GTX 1080 and 32 GB of ram. However, as the show evolved and started to use more and more effects and full motion backgrounds it struggled to do 1080p 30 FPS streaming. I started having encoding fails during the show and stuttering due to drop frames and encoding overload. I started wondering if it was my graphics card, but everyone on forums for streaming all said a GTX 1080 was more than enough for dedicated streaming. When I had a recent failure I looked at the CPU usage and it was pegged at 100%. I then accepted that fact that I had to upgrade the CPU which meant I also needed to upgrade the motherboard and memory. The last thing I wanted to do was spend a ton a money for this machine and started researching my options. In the last couple of years I made the switch from team blue to team red for my gaming and audio recording / video machines and had been extremely happy. (I have two gaming towers and a 3u rack mounted recording studio machine that I have all built custom.) I knew that the AM4 platform was cheaper these days due to the AM5 out now so I looked at Passmark CPU benchmarks to see what was out there. To my surprise, the best value/performance CPU listed in the #2 spot was the Ryzen 5 5500 for $83 on Amazon. After looking at all the specs and benchmarks, I thought this was a significant upgrade from the 7700k but at a really low price. So I figured what the heck and gave it a shot. I should also mention that I bought a MSI B550-A Pro and 64 GB of Corsair 3200 DDR4 memory. (Memory was overkill but it was cheap.) I am so extremely happy with my decision. Not only am I streaming now at 1080p 60FPS at 6000 kbps, but my CPU usage averages around 12% - 15% with occasional spikes to 20%. This thing is a work horse. I was also able to under volt and overclock the CPU to 5.65 GHZ with temps no higher than 64C at full load using a Cooler Master - Hyper 212 Halo. I'm just so blown away by what a value you get with the power this setup has. If you need a cost effective machine for tasks like this, then look no further. You won't be disappointed. I look forward to many years of streaming with this setup. That is until 4k become standard for live streaming. ; ). But we'll cross that bridge when we get there.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2024 by DOdouble
For me CPUs like this, which are budget CPUs are mostly about the price. For $100 USD or less this is an excellent buy. If it's more than that, uhhhh. I'll take the 5600 for $130 Bob. While this is a Zen 3 CPU, it's not PCIe gen4 and you should be aware of this before buying. It's not the same line of CPU that most Zen 3 CPUs which are Vermeer. This is Cezanne. There are 3 Cezanne CPUs, the other two are OEM only, meaning they only come in a PC you buy from a company that makes PCs like Dell, etc........ For the most part this isn't a problem because it's a budget CPU, however if you pair this with something like an AMD Radeon 6500 XT which only uses 4 PCIe lanes to connect to the CPU, you'll get bad performance. So don't do that. Otherwise as long as you pair this with at least an 8 PCIe lane GPU it works fine. You take a tiny hit in GPU performance but not enough to worry about. The bigger hit comes with the NVMe drives, especially in 2023 and going forward. There are now MANY NVMe disks that are a lot faster than 4GB/s, and to give as simple explanation as I can, a PCIe lane is a serial data line. The way a PCIe device/bus works is by grouping a certain amount of lanes so that you get the speed of a single PCIe lane times the number of lanes you have. Any NVMe disk has 4 lanes. It also means the port you plug it into along with what it connects to (CPU, motherboard chipset) has 4 PCIe lanes that it will connect with. So, you get 4 PCIe lanes. So now you need to know the data speed for each lane. For PCIe gen3, the speed of each lane is 1GB/s. For PCIe gen4 the speed of each lane is 2GB/s. So, with this CPU, the best you can get is a data transfer rate of 4GB/s to an NVMe disk. That's it. The newest disks coming out the end of 2022, and 2023 can hit speeds near 9GB/s. Now, most data transfers to/from NVMe disks can't run at that speed. However many disks can run many data transfers faster than 4GB/s, so that means a CPU that runs PCIe gen3 is slowing down modern NVMe disks that can run gen4 or now gen5 speeds. But that's not a statement that has a clear meaning, because just because a disk is called gen4, it doesn't mean most of the data transfers to/from that disk will run at the full bandwidth of PCIe gen4 x4 lanes = 8GB/s. Most gen4 disks rarely hit that speed if ever. Only the most expensive ones do. BUT once again many will run different types of transfers above 4GB/s. So that's the description of what it means to have PCIe gen3 when dealing with modern NVMe disks. You're going to slow down some of the data transfers, not all, depending on how fast (which also means more expensive) the disk is. Yes for a general purpose PC build this is good enough and it's a low cost option that's really good at $100 USD or less. However if the price of this starts to get closer to the Ryzen 5600, I'd rather buy the 5600 because that's PCIe gen4 which is as good as it gets with an AMD AM4 motherboard.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2023 by D. Barker
Great little CPU for my needs. No, it’s not the world’s best gaming or workstation CPU, not by a long shot. But it’s also FAR from the most basic as well. The 6 cores and high clock speeds gives you plenty of firepower for every task that a “typical home computer” will ever need to do. Would I use it as a dedicated 3D modeling or video editing CPU? No, not professionally. But for light, intermittent use, yeah it’ll definitely get you through a few projects here and there, but if I were looking for a professional unit for daily use I would consider an upgrade. As far as gaming, it still holds its own fairly well. Games today are becoming more and more multi-thread dependent, so this little fella will run very close to maxed out in some newer titles. At higher resolutions, the GPU will still almost always be your bottleneck, but I’ve had a few fans this CPU has ran upwards of 80% utilization on, which somewhat blew my mind, as I typically only see 63-67% utilization with my other computers R5 5600x, even in the most CPU-intensive titles. With all that being said, I would still 100% recommend this CPU for anyone building a budget system. Despite AM4’s age, the platforms lifespan has unwittingly grown thanks to stuff like the memory price hikes, and the great pricing of AM4 units. While the r5 5500 isn’t the top-performer even in the AM4 generation in any metric, there’s no denying it’s still a rock-solid processor that will crush every task you throw at it on a consumer level, and honestly wouldn’t really require an upgrade again until AM6, in most cases. And for the $75 it was at the time I purchased it, it’s almost the best CPU deal on the market at this time. Sure, it’s only about 75% as “good” as the r5 5600…..but it’s also about 1/3 the price. So while not being the king of performance, it is almost undoubtedly the kind of value. Installation of this unit into my b550 motherboard was effortless and required zero brain power. My Assassin 120mm cooling tower bolted on just fine (duh) and temps look great, all cores and frequencies appear stable, and this processor is purring like a kitten. Would highly recommend for everything looking for a CONSUMER grade processor, aside from the maybe the most dedicated gamers or folks who do a lot of cpu-dependent video editing in their spare time. But for casual-moderate gaming, light intermittent modeling or editing use, and all other typical daily computer uses, the r5 5500 is MORE than enough for most people
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Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2026 by Hunter R.
Unbeatable performance/price ratio. I have bought two of these. The value is amazing. I paired both of them with a 4060 8gb gpu and either 16 or 32gb of system memory. They really perform well while being quiet and cool. I have had the following Ryzen processors besides the 5500: 2700x, 3600x, 3700x, 3950x, 5800x, 9800x3d. This Ryzen 5 5500 beats them all in out-of-the-package-new value. Without a doubt. Yeah, it's not the most powerful processor. But with a 4060 or some such, you don't really need more than that.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2026 by Jeff Neel
I recently built my first custom PC with the AMD Ryzen 5 5500, and I couldn't be happier with my decision! This processor offers an excellent balance of performance for the price, It provides performance comparable to more expensive models without breaking the bank. Whether you're gaming, streaming, or working on intensive tasks, this CPU holds its ground brilliantly if you’re on a budget. I've tested it with various games, and it performs exceptionally well, especially at 1080p resolution. The 6 cores and 12 threads allow for efficient background processing without any noticeable lag. Despite heavy use, I’ve found that the CPU stays cool even under load. I paired it with the Wraith Prism, and I rarely see temperatures rising above 70°C, which is impressive. The installation process was straightforward, and it worked seamlessly with my existing B550 motherboard. I appreciate that AMD continues to support their CPUs with BIOS updates, ensuring compatibility with future technologies. Overall, I highly recommend the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 to anyone looking for a powerful, efficient, and budget-friendly CPU. It's a solid investment for both current & future needs.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2026 by Chester