AMD Ryzen 5 5500U - CPU Specs

Specifications Benchmarks Synonyms

Specifications

Technical data

CPU generation and family

CPU group
AMD Ryzen 5000U
Family
Ryzen
Form Factor
Laptops / Desktops
Generation
4
Name
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Predecessor
—
Segment
Mobile
Series
Ryzen 5000 Series
Successor
—

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

A-Core
—
B-Core
—
Base Frequency
2.1 GHz
C-Core
—
Core architecture
normal
CPU Cores
6
CPU Threads
12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Yes
Max. Boost Clock
4 GHz
Overclocking
No
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
4 GHz
Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
3.4 GHz

Internal Graphics

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

Hardware codec support

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

Memory & PCIe

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

Encryption

AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

Configurable TDP
10-25 W
Default TDP
15 W
Maximum Operating Temperature
105 °C
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
15 W
TDP (PL2)
—
TDP down
10 W
TDP up
25 W

Technical details

Architecture
Lucienne (Zen 2)
Codename
Lucienne
Instruction set (ISA)
x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
L2-Cache
3 MB
L3-Cache
8 MB
Manufacturer product ID (tray)
100-000000375
Official source
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
Part Number
—
Release date
2021-01-12
Socket
FP6
Technology
TSMC 7nm FinFET
Verification scope
Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved.
Verified on
2026-10-01
Virtualization
AMD-V, SVM

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 5500U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

188 place
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

186 place
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

175 place
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

213 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

302 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

321 place
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

156 place
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

275 place

Blender Open Data

Official median of community submissions; higher is better. Blender versions, operating systems and compute backends remain separate.

Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Windows: 80.808026 samples/min submissions: 6; snapshot: 2026-10-01 Official source

Snapshot date is the retrieval date, not the measurement date. Individual dates, RAM, drivers and power limits are unknown. This aggregates different user systems; it is not a test of a specific partner board and is excluded from the legacy composite index.

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with other processors to understand the real speed of the CPU when processing content.

Tests include mathematical calculations, creation of 3D models, cryptocurrency mining, tests in single and multi-core modes.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1180

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

1184

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

1181

Intel Core i7-9700

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

7783

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

8044

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

7969

Intel Core i7-8700

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

462

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

464

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

464

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

2573

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

2588

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

2582

Intel Core i5-10400T

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1134

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

1140

Intel Core i9-9900X

1137

AMD Ryzen 5 3500

All the benchmark results

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

5622

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

5657

Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3

5643

Intel Core i5-9600K

All the benchmark results

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

1612 GFLOPS

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

1673 GFLOPS

Intel Core i5-1155G7

1664 GFLOPS

AMD Ryzen 7 2700U

All the benchmark results

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

13474

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

13480

Intel Core i5-9600K

13480

Intel Core i5-9600KF

All the benchmark results

Synonyms

Nearby models in the composite benchmark index.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted. Index 0–100: equal-weight mean of each score relative to the best saved score among models with both tests. Tests: Cinebench R23 Multi-Core + Geekbench 5 Multi-Core. This index does not predict performance in every workload.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark