MediaTek Dimensity 9000 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  MediaTek Dimensity 9000 AMD Ryzen 5000U
• Family
  Mediatek Dimensity Ryzen
• Generation
  3 4
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Form Factor
  - Laptops / Desktops
• Series
  - Ryzen 5000 Series

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

• A-Core
  1x Cortex-X2 -
• A-Core Frequency
  1.80 GHz (3.05 GHz) -
• B-Core
  3x Cortex-A710 -
• B-Core Frequency
  2.85 GHz -
• C-Core
  4x Cortex-A510 -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  8 6
• CPU Threads
  8 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Base Frequency
  - 2.1 GHz
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 4 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
  10 7
• Generation
  Vallhall 3 9
• GPU Frequency
  850 MHz 1800 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G710 MP10 AMD Radeon Graphics
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  1 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 2 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q1/2020
• Shader
  0 448
• Technology
  4 nm 7 nm
• Graphics Cores
  - 7

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

• AV1
  Decode 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 / Encode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5500U and MediaTek Dimensity 9000. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  - 32 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  60 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  4 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR5-7500 DDR4 - Up to 3200 / LPDDR4 - Up to 4266
• PCIe
  - PCIe 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  - 12
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Dimensity 9000 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.

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

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Dimensity 9000 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-X2 / -A710 / -A510 Lucienne (Zen 2)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv9-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  - 3 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 8 MB
• Operating systems
  Android Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Part Number
  MT6983 -
• Release date
  Q1/2022 2021-01-12
• Socket
  - FP6
• Technology
  4 nm TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  None AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Lucienne
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - 100-000000375
• Official source
  - https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html
• Verification scope
  - Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved.
• Verified on
  - 2026-10-01