AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Core i5-3570K. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q1/2021
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Released
Q2/2012
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Intel Core i5-3570K
Intel Core i5-3570K

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 5500U or Intel Core i5-3570K? 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 maximum frequency of 2.10 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 15 W. Released in Q1/2021.

Intel Core i5-3570K has a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 77 W. Released in Q2/2012.

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)

    523 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    2 times more cores

    6 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 5% better overclocked clock speed

    4.00 GHz left arrow 3.80 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    15 W left arrow 77 W

Positions in all rankings

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

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    231 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    214 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    208 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    239 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    411 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    488 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    174 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    414 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    904 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 38% better clock speed

    3.40 GHz left arrow 2.10 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-3570K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    360 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    316 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    480 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    398 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    602 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    562 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    704 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    792 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1165 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    41 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    388 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    388 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    185 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    344 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    330 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    714 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Intel Core i5-3570K Intel Core i5-3570K
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i5
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 3
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 5000U left arrow Intel Core i 3000
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    2.10 GHz left arrow 3.40 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.00 GHz left arrow 3.80 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    12 left arrow 4
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
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.

  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon 7 Graphics (Renoir) left arrow Intel HD Graphics 4000
  • GPU frequency
    1.80 GHz left arrow 0.65 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow 1.15 GHz
  • Execution units
    7 left arrow 16
  • Shader
    448 left arrow 128
  • Max. GPU Memory
    2 GB left arrow --
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 3
  • Generation
    9 left arrow 7
  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow 11.0
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 22 nm
  • Release date
    Q1/2020 left arrow Q1/2011
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-3570K and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR3-1600
  • Max. Memory
    32 GB left arrow 32 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    12 left arrow 16
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 5500U and Intel Core i5-3570K to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    15 W left arrow 77 W
  • TDP up
    25 W left arrow --
  • TDP down
    10 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max.
    105 °C left arrow --
Technologies and extensions

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

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
  • L3-Cache
    8.00 MB left arrow 6.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Lucienne (Zen 2) left arrow Ivy Bridge S
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 22 nm
  • Socket
    FP6 left arrow LGA 1155
  • Release date
    Q1/2021 left arrow Q2/2012

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 5 5500U and Intel Core i5-3570K.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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
1180
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
731
Intel Core i5-3570K
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
7783
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
2780
Intel Core i5-3570K
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
462
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
275
Intel Core i5-3570K
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
2573
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1041
Intel Core i5-3570K
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
1134
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
849
Intel Core i5-3570K
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
5622
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
2866
Intel Core i5-3570K
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
1612
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
294
Intel Core i5-3570K
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
13474
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
7065
Intel Core i5-3570K

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