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Ryzen 5 5500 Spec and Price in France

AM46 cores / 12 threads

Released April 4, 2022 ·

AMD's entry point into Ryzen 5000 desktop: six cores and 12 threads boosting to 4.2GHz from a 3.6GHz base at a 65W TDP, with 16MB of L3 cache — half of the Ryzen 5 5600's 32MB. A Wraith Stealth cooler ships in the box, and the platform steps down to PCIe 3.0 rather than the PCIe 4.0 of the 5600 and 5600X above it. No integrated graphics is included.

64th of 65 models in the CPU catalog on Boost clock. Tied 61st of 65 models in the CPU catalog on L3 cache — 5 models share this figure.

Current best price
91,40 €at Amazon.fr · captured 2026-09-15View at Amazon.fr

Captured periodically and may have changed.

Price history

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Specifications

Cores
6
Threads
12
Socket
AM4
Boost clock
4.2 GHz
Base clock
3.6 GHz
L3 cache
16 MB
L2 cache
3 MB
TDP
65 W
Integrated graphics
No
Architecture
Zen 3
Process node
TSMC 7nm FinFET
Memory support
DDR4-3200
PCIe generation
3
Unlocked
Yes
Included cooler
Yes

Guides for this category

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What owners and reviewers say

Summarised from 1 source(s), reviewed September 13, 2026. A source is counted only where it names this model exactly. How we track prices

Commonly praised

  • Reviewers found it handles gaming and general tasks capably for its class as an inexpensive upgrade for older AM4 systems.
  • It includes a stock cooler, is unlocked for overclocking, and works with older AM4 motherboards after a BIOS update.

Commonly criticised

  • It offers weaker value than competing Intel chips of the time and has no integrated graphics.
  • It is limited to PCIe 3.0, a consequence of its APU silicon with the graphics disabled.

Sources behind this summary

Sources

Every spec above was pulled from one of these — a field a source didn't state was left off rather than estimated.

The MSRP above came from this source instead, tracked separately from the specs.