AMD Ryzen 3 Pro 5450U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5000U AMD Ryzen 5000U
• Family
  Ryzen PRO Ryzen
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops Laptops / Desktops
• Generation
  4 4
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Series
  Ryzen PRO 5000 Series Ryzen 5000 Series

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.6 GHz 2.1 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 6
• CPU Threads
  8 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4 GHz 4 GHz
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4 GHz 4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.8 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 3.4 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  6 7
• Generation
  9 9
• GPU Frequency
  1600 MHz 1800 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Graphics AMD Radeon Graphics
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Graphics Cores
  6 7
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q1/2020
• Shader
  384 448
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5500U and AMD Ryzen 3 Pro 5450U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 / LPDDR4 DDR4 - Up to 3200 / LPDDR4 - Up to 4266
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  12 12
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  3200 / 4266 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 3 Pro 5450U and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  15 W 15 W
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C 105 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP down
  10 W 10 W
• TDP up
  25 W 25 W
• Configurable TDP
  - 10-25 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 3 Pro 5450U and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cezanne (Zen 3) Lucienne (Zen 2)
• Codename
  Cezanne Lucienne
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  2 MB 3 MB
• L3-Cache
  8 MB 8 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  100-000000291 100-000000375
• Official source
  https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html
• Operating systems
  Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Release date
  2021-03-16 2021-01-12
• Socket
  FP6 FP6
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Verification scope
  Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved. Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved.
• Verified on
  2026-10-01 2026-10-01
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM