Ryzen 5900x vs Ryzen 5500 for gaming

Ryzen 5900x
Ryzen 5500
Ryzen 5900xRyzen 5500
Price$1,172.98$243.61
Specs
Ryzen 5900xRyzen 5500
Frequency3.7 GHz3.6 GHz
Cores126
Threads2412
Turbo Clockup to 4.8 GHzup to 4.2 GHz
TDP105 W65 W
Release DateNov 5th, 2020Apr 4th, 2022
Benchmarks
Ryzen 5900x
Ryzen 5500
CSGO
494
409
LOL
446
370
Warframe
340
282
DOTA2
327
271
overwatch
318
263
Path of Exile
313
260
StarCraft 2
299
248
Call of Duty ww2
281
233
A Way Out
272
226
Sea of Thieves
262
218
Frostpunk
261
217
Fortnite
257
213
AirMech Strike
256
212
destiny2
242
200
Far Cry 5
213
176
apexlegends
204
169
rainbow6siege
196
162
Radical Heights
187
155
BATTLETECH
170
141
GTA
168
139
PUBG
166
138
Total War THREE KINGDOMS
154
127
World of Tanks
139
115
Battlefield 4
133
110
Games
destiny2
overwatch
GTA
DOTA2
CSGO
Warframe
rainbow6siege
Fortnite
Sea of Thieves
A Way Out
LOL
Far Cry 5
PUBG
Call of Duty ww2
Radical Heights
Battlefield 4
World of Tanks
apexlegends
Path of Exile
Total War THREE KINGDOMS
Frostpunk
BATTLETECH
AirMech Strike
StarCraft 2
GPUs
RTX 3070
RTX 4090
RX 7900 XTX
RTX 4080
RTX 4070 Ti
RX 7900 XT
RTX 4070
RTX 3090
RX 6900 XT
RX 6800 XT
RTX 3080
RX 6800
rtx 2080 Ti
RX 6700
rtx 2080
gtx 1080 Ti
gtx Titan X
rtx 2070 super
rtx 2070
gtx 1080
rx 5700 xt
rtx 2060 super
rx 5700
rtx 2060
RX Vega 64
gtx 1070 Ti
gtx 1070
gtx 1660 Ti
gtx 1660 super
gtx 980 Ti
gtx 1660
CPUs
i9 13900k
i7 13700k
Ryzen 7900x
i7 12700k
Ryzen 5900x
Ryzen 5800x
i5 13600k
Ryzen 5700x
Ryzen 5600
i5 13500
i5 12600k
Ryzen 5500
i5 13400f
i7 9900k
i7 10700k
i7 9700k
Ryzen 7 3900x
Ryzen 7 3800x
i5 10400
Ryzen 7 3700x
Ryzen 5 3600x
i7 8700K
Ryzen 5 3600
i7 7700K