AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Benchmark, Test and specs
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The AMD Ryzen 5 5500U has 6 cores with 12 threads and is based on the 4. gen of the AMD Ryzen 5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the FP6 socket and was released in Q1/2021. The AMD Ryzen 5 5500U scores 1,134 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 5,622 points.
| Name: | AMD Ryzen 5 5500U |
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| Family: | AMD Ryzen 5 |
| CPU group: | AMD Ryzen 5000U |
| Architecture: | Lucienne (Zen 2) |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| Generation: | 4 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | AMD Ryzen 5 5625U |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The AMD Ryzen 5 5500U has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 5500U is 2.10 GHz (4.00 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 6 / 12 |
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| Core architecture: | normal |
| Cores: | 6x |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | Yes |
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| Overclocking: | No |
| Frequency: | 2.10 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | 4.00 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (6 Cores): | 3.40 GHz |
Internal Graphics
The AMD Ryzen 5 5500U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD Ryzen 5 5500U uses the AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir), which has 448 texture shaders and 7 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
| GPU name: | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir) |
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| GPU frequency: | 0.40 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | 1.80 GHz |
| Compute units: | 7 |
| Shader: | 448 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 2 GB |
| Max. displays: | 3 |
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| Generation: | 9 |
| Direct X: | 12 |
| Technology: | 7 nm |
| Release date: | Q1/2020 |
Hardware codec support
A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | Decode / Encode |
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| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | Decode / Encode |
| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | Decode / Encode |
| VP9: | Decode / Encode |
| AV1: | No |
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| AVC: | Decode / Encode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe processor can use up to 32 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system. |
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| Memory type: | Memory bandwidth: |
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| DDR4-3200 | 51.2 GB/s |
| Max. Memory: | 32 GB |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| ECC: | Yes |
| PCIe: | 3.0 x 12 |
| PCIe Bandwidth: | 11.8 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | 25 W |
| TDP down: | 10 W |
| Tjunction max.: | 105 °C |
Technical details
The AMD Ryzen 5 5500U is made in 7 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 8.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.
| Technology: | 7 nm |
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| Chip design: | Chiplet |
| Socket: | FP6 |
| L2-Cache: | -- |
| L3-Cache: | 8.00 MB |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
| Operating systems: | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Virtualization: | AMD-V, SVM |
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| Instruction set (ISA): | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 |
| Release date: | Q1/2021 |
| Release price: | -- |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | Technical data sheet |
6C 12T @ 2.10 GHz (4.00 GHz)
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the AMD Ryzen 5 5500U have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.
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- Cinebench R23 (8GB Ram), Windows 10, 15W TDP
- Cinebench R23 (8GB Ram), Windows 10, 25W TDP
- Cinebench R23 (8GB Ram), Windows 11 Home
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
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Intel Core i5-10400
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8809G
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Xeon W-3175X
28C 56T @ 3.80 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-10105F
4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-10105
4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
8C 8T @ 4.10 GHz |
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Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.|
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Intel Core i5-10400
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U
8C 16T @ 4.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-9750HF
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-9750H
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz |
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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-10105
4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-10105F
4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350GE
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350G
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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Intel Core i5-10500H
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1250U
10C 12T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1260U
10C 12T @ 2.10 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-6800K
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-11375H
4C 8T @ 4.60 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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Intel Core i3-10100
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-10100F
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-1110G4
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 4100
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 4300G
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 3100
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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Intel Xeon Silver 4208
8C 16T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-8600K
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2643 v3
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-11370H
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100T
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-5820K
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
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Intel Xeon E3-1275 v5
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
8C 8T @ 4.10 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y
24C 48T @ 3.60 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8665U
4C 8T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.|
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AMD Ryzen 3 4300G
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 4300GE
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-10325
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350GE
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-7740X
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
8C 8T @ 4.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8665U
4C 8T @ 4.80 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-7900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-10710U
6C 12T @ 4.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-10105
4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz |
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Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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Intel Core i5-9600K
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-10400T
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-11375H
4C 8T @ 4.60 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 4680U
6C 12T @ 2.20 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 4300GE
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.|
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AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.30 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.30 GHz |
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Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.60 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir) @ 1.80 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir) @ 1.80 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5625U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir) @ 1.80 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir) @ 1.80 GHz |
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Blender 3.1 Benchmark
In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.|
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Intel Core i7-7700K
4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-10100
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-5820K
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-10105
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.|
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Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 2600
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3
8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E-2334
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
10C 20T @ 3.00 GHz |
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)
The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.|
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AMD Ryzen 5 3500
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
6C 6T @ 3.80 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-10750H
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-10105F
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-1110G4
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.|
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Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4
8C 16T @ 2.10 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-8600K
6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 2.10 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8850H
6C 12T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E-2176M
6C 12T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
177 entries
177 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
178 entries
178 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
527 entries
527 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
504 entries
504 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,398 entries
2,398 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,371 entries
2,371 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,646 entries
1,646 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,597 entries
1,597 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
641 entries
641 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
588 entries
588 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,925 entries
1,925 entries
Blender 3.1 Benchmark
212 entries
212 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,319 entries
2,319 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
222 entries
222 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
725 entries
725 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
249 entries
249 entries
News and articles for the AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Description of the processor
The AMD Ryzen 5 5500U is a 6-core mobile processor from AMD. It supports SMT (Simultaneous Multi Threading) and can process 12 threads at the same time. The processor clocks its CPU cores with up to 2.1 GHz in the base. It can increase its clock frequency to up to 3.4 GHz (load on several CPU cores) or even up to 4.0 GHz (single core operation) via the turbo mode.The AMD Radeon 7 Graphics (Renoir) is used as the internal graphics unit (iGPU). With 7 execution units and 448 shaders, the graphics are suitable for one or two games in FullHD (1080p) resolution. The FP32 computing power is around 1.6 TFLOPS.
With a TDP of 15 watts, the AMD Ryzen 5 5500U is in the normal range for a mobile processor. The system manufacturer can operate the processor in a TDP range between 10 and 25 watts, whereby operation with 25 watts results in a significant increase in performance if the processor is loaded over a longer period of time.
Up to 32 GB DDR4-3200 RAM is supported in two memory channels. The dual-channel mode doubles the theoretical memory bandwidth of the system and is therefore also very beneficial for the internal graphics, as this uses part of the main memory as graphics memory. 8 MB are available as level 3 cache.
The AMD Ryzen 5 5500U was presented in the 1st quarter of 2021 together with many other mobile processors with the name Ryzen 5xxxU. The AMD Ryzen 5 5500U is still based on the older "Lucienne" design, which is still based on Zen 2 cores. Other Ryzen 5xxxU mobile processors are already based on the new AMD "Cezanne" design with Zen 3 cores and have a significantly higher performance. We do not know why AMD uses two different designs in a generation with the same name.
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