AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D Review: AM4 Keeps on Giving

[Steve]

AMD's Ryzen 5 5500X3D extends AM4's life once again, but is it worth it? We tested 14 games to see how this cut-down 3D V-Cache chip stacks up against Zen 3, older Ryzen parts, and newer CPUs.

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D Review: AM4 Keeps on Giving

 

[Str8Shot]

Incredible how a $3500 GPU like the 5090 only makes for a lousy 100 FPS in the dumpster fire that is Borderlands 4.

 

[James321]

5700X3D included would have been nice... Thanks for the review.

At this rate I wont need to upgrade for another 10 years... DRAM can go suck on it !!!

 

[LordVile95]

I don't really get the point of this tbh. If you're going budget the 3600 is available sub 50 and the 5500 is available sub 80 from retail. The X3D chips are still expensive and DDR4 is barely better than DDR5 at this rate with the price difference between 2x8GB sticks being £120 vs £160 and 200 vs 250 for 2x16. Might as well go AM5 with a 7/9600X and get an upgradeable platform.

 

[takaozo]

After 9 years AM4 gets another CPU.

Now waiting for a CPU with 32GB ram and 7600XT GPU all in one package for AM4.

 

[Peter Farkas]

A ryzen 5000 review in 2026... damn...
I get we want to see the least amount of GPU bottleneck, but I need to see how the difference looks like in a realistic build. Like 5500x3d with and RTX 4060/5060 or 9060XT, and also in 1440p. I like these charts as we see really what potential is in a cpu but it is such an extreme scenario.

 

[Fimbulvetr]

Considering the 5500x3d is $180, I bought a 7500x3d with motherboard and 16 GB DDR5 for $300 at MC recently, which for my money seemed a much better deal and gets me onto AM5. Essentially at that price, you're getting the RAM for free.

 

[Sh4ddowZ]

Damm, what is this difference in rainbow six siege? it got demolished by the 9600x while in cs it wasnt that big

 

[yannus]

Even though, AMD is just another corp. I appreciate what they did with the AM4 platform. It reminds me of the good old days of socket7.