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Budget-friendly AMD Ryzen 5 5500 price drops a massive 38% to below US$100 on Amazon

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 has 16 MB of L3 cache. (Source: AMD)

AMD released the Ryzen 5 5500 in 2021 for US$159. The processor is a cut-down Ryzen 5 5600G with the iGPU disabled and clock speeds reduced. The result is a chip that often performs on par with the Ryzen 5 5600G but losses out to the less expensive Core i3-12100 in gaming, making the processor a bad deal at its retail price.

At its MSRP of US$159, the Zen 3 Ryzen 5 5500 is hard to recommend, because for slightly more money, you can get better performing chips. For instance, the Ryzen 5 5600 costs US$40 more but it performs quite a lot better in application as well as gaming workloads. Even the cheaper Core i3-12100/F manages to beat the Ryzen 5 5500 in gaming.

Per slickdealsAmazon now has the Ryzen 5 5500 on sale for US$98.98 down from US$159, a discount of roughly US$60. Newegg also has a similar deal. This slashed rate makes the Ryzen 5 5500 a no-brainer in terms of price/performance.

The Ryzen 5 5500 features 6 cores, 12 threads, a base clock of 3.6 GHz and a boost clock of 4.2 GHz. According to independent reviews, the processor puts up good numbers in gaming benchmarks. Per Tom’s Hardwarethe Ryzen 5 5500 achieves an average frame rate of 129 fps at 1080p across the tested games when paired with an RTX 3090. At 1440p, the average fps rises to 135. As a comparison, the similarly positioned Core i3-12100 stands at 137 fps at 1080p and 141 at 1440p.

Put simply, the sub-US$100 price makes the Ryzen 5 5500 an excellent buy for budget-conscious PC gamers.

Buy the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 on Amazon| Newegg

Disclaimer: Notebookcheck is not responsible for price changes carried out by retailers. The discounted price or deal mentioned in this item was available at the time of writing and may be subject to time restrictions and/or limited unit availability.

Fawad Murtaza, 2023-01-12 (Update: 2023-01-12)

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