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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500. Specifications, performance, tests

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2021-01-12
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 5500U or AMD Ryzen 5 5500? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U has a base frequency of 2.1 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 15 W. Released in 2021-01-12.

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 has a base frequency of 3.6 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in 2022-04-04.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    165 left arrow place
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    15 W left arrow 65 W

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
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    140 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 71% better clock speed

    3.6 GHz left arrow 2.1 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 5 % higher specified turbo frequency

    4.2 GHz left arrow 4 GHz

Positions in all rankings

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

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    121 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    136 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    83 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    142 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    36 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    168 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    187 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    290 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    158 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 AMD Ryzen 5 5500
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 5000U left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000G
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Ryzen
  • Form Factor
    Laptops / Desktops left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 4
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Series
    Ryzen 5000 Series left arrow Ryzen 5000 Series
CPU Technical specs

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

  • Base Frequency
    2.1 GHz left arrow 3.6 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 6
  • CPU Threads
    12 left arrow 12
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    4 GHz left arrow 4.2 GHz
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4 GHz left arrow 4.2 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
    3.4 GHz left arrow -
  • Core Configuration
    - left arrow 6x
IGPU

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 left arrow -
  • Execution units
    7 left arrow -
  • Generation
    9 left arrow -
  • GPU Frequency
    1800 MHz left arrow -
  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon Graphics left arrow None
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow -
  • Graphics Cores
    7 left arrow -
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow -
  • Max. GPU Memory
    2 GB left arrow -
  • Release date
    Q1/2020 left arrow -
  • Shader
    448 left arrow -
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow -
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow No
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

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

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    32 GB left arrow 64 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4 - Up to 3200 / LPDDR4 - Up to 4266 left arrow DDR4
  • PCIe
    PCIe 3.0 left arrow PCIe 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    12 left arrow -
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow -
  • Memory Bandwidth
    - left arrow 51.2 GB/s
  • System Memory Specification
    - left arrow 3200
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

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

  • Configurable TDP
    10-25 W left arrow -
  • Default TDP
    15 W left arrow 65 W
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    105 °C left arrow 90 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    15 W left arrow 65 W
  • TDP down
    10 W left arrow 45 W
  • TDP up
    25 W left arrow -
Technologies and extensions

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

  • Architecture
    Lucienne (Zen 2) left arrow Cezanne (Zen 3)
  • Codename
    Lucienne left arrow Cezanne
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    3 MB left arrow 3 MB
  • L3-Cache
    8 MB left arrow 16 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    100-000000375 left arrow 100-000000457
  • Operating systems
    Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit left arrow Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
  • Release date
    2021-01-12 left arrow 2022-04-04
  • Socket
    FP6 left arrow AM4
  • Technology
    TSMC 7nm FinFET left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Documents
    - left arrow Technical data sheet
  • L1-Cache
    - left arrow 0.375 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
    - left arrow 100-100000457BOX
  • Thermal Solution (PIB)
    - left arrow AMD Wraith Stealth

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 2

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settingsAMD Ryzen 5 5500U AMD Ryzen 5 5500Result difference¹
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Windows 80.808026 samples/min Submissions: 8 135.506045 samples/min Submissions: 11 +67.7 %
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Windows 66.442048 samples/min Submissions: 5 138.369431 samples/min Submissions: 8 +108.3 %

¹ Difference of the second result relative to the first in that row. No percentage is calculated for different upscaling algorithms. This compares published results, not a universal performance index.

Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

More results: 3

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 8 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 4159.699171 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 8 threads / windows
System RAM: 56 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. / B550 GAMING X V2
Duration: 240.402 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

RandomX / XMRig 6.22.0 / 1M / 5 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 2648.56461 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.22.0 / 1M / 5 threads / windows
System RAM: 24 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: LENOVO / LNVNB161216
Duration: 377.563 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 5 5500U and AMD Ryzen 5 5500.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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.

1180.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1370.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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.

7783.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
10605.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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.

462.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
535.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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.

2573.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
4086.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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.

1134.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1355.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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.

5622.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
5979.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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.

13474.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
19607.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500

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