AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500U features 6 processor cores and has the capability to manage 12 threads concurrently. It was released in Q1/2021 and belongs to the 4 generation of the AMD Ryzen 5 series. To use the AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, you'll need a motherboard with a FP6 socket.
Name: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Family: AMD Ryzen 5
Group: AMD Ryzen 5000U
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 4

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 2.1 GHz and turbo frequency for one core is 4.0 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
CPU Cores: 6
Threads: 12
Cores: 6x
Core architecture: normal
Hyperthreading: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.1 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 core): 4.0 GHz
Turbo Frequency (all cores): 3.4 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 7 Graphics (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 7 Graphics (Renoir)
GPU frequency: 1.8 GHz
GPU (Turbo): --
Execution units: 7
Shaders: 448
Max. GPU Memory: 2.0 GB
Max. displays: --
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
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 32.0 GB distributed across 2 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
Memory type: DDR4-3200
Max. Memory: 32.0 GB
Memory channels: 2
Bandwidth: 51.2 GB/s
ECC: Yes
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: Yes

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 15 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): 15 W
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: 25 W
TDP down: 10 W
Tjunction max: 105 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500U is manufactured using a 7 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. In total, this processor boasts a generous 8.0 MB cache. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 7 nm
Chip design: Chiplet
Socket: FP6
L2-Cache: 0 bytes
L3-Cache: 8.0 MB
Architecture: Lucienne (Zen 2)
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux, Windows 11
Virtualization: AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, FMA3, AVX2
Release date: Q1/2021
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

AMD Ryzen 5 2600
6C 12T @ 3.4 GHz
13230
13230
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3
8C 16T @ 3.2 GHz
13224
13224
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 2.1 GHz
13210
13210
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
6C 12T @ 3.3 GHz
13207
13207
Intel Xeon E-2334
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
13204
13204

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i7-1260U
10C 12T @ 1.1 GHz
6788
6788
Intel Core i7-1250U
10C 12T @ 1.1 GHz
6788
6788
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 2.1 GHz
6784
6784
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
4C 8T @ 3.8 GHz
6754
6754
Intel Core i7-6800K
6C 12T @ 3.4 GHz
6645
6645

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5-8600K
6C 6T @ 3.6 GHz
5631
5631
Intel Xeon E5-2643 v3
6C 12T @ 3.4 GHz
5623
5623
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 2.1 GHz
5622
5622
Intel Core i7-11370H
4C 8T @ 3.3 GHz
5612
5612
Intel Core i3-12100T
4C 8T @ 2.2 GHz
5560
5560

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 3 4300GE
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
5248
5248
Intel Core i3-10325
4C 8T @ 3.9 GHz
5245
5245
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 2.1 GHz
5237
5237
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350GE
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
5224
5224
Intel Core i7-7740X
4C 8T @ 4.3 GHz
5220
5220

V-Ray CPU-Render Benchmark

Intel Core i7-7700K
4C 8T @ 4.2 GHz
4873
4873
Intel Core i7-6800K
6C 12T @ 3.4 GHz
4855
4855
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 2.1 GHz
4848
4848
Intel Core i7-1255U
10C 12T @ 1.7 GHz
4820
4820
Intel Core i7-11370H
4C 8T @ 3.3 GHz
4817
4817

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
4C 8T @ 3.8 GHz
2776
2776
Intel Core i5-8600K
6C 6T @ 3.6 GHz
2731
2731
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 2.1 GHz
2728
2728
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
6C 12T @ 3.5 GHz
2719
2719
Intel Core i7-8850H
6C 12T @ 2.6 GHz
2709
2709

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
4C 8T @ 3.8 GHz
2588
2588
Intel Core i5-10400T
6C 12T @ 2.0 GHz
2582
2582
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 2.1 GHz
2573
2573
Intel Core i7-11375H
4C 8T @ 3.3 GHz
2564
2564
AMD Ryzen 5 4680U
6C 12T @ 2.2 GHz
2554
2554

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 2.3 GHz
1612
1612
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U
6C 12T @ 2.3 GHz
1612
1612
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 2.1 GHz
1612
1612
AMD Ryzen 5 5625U
6C 12T @ 2.3 GHz
1612
1612
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U
6C 12T @ 2.3 GHz
1612
1612

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y
24C 48T @ 2.4 GHz
1439
1439
Intel Core i7-8665U
4C 8T @ 1.9 GHz
1437
1437
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 2.1 GHz
1437
1437
Intel Core i7-8665U
4C 8T @ 1.9 GHz
1437
1437
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6
4C 8T @ 3.7 GHz
1434
1434

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i3-10105F
4C 8T @ 3.7 GHz
1168
1168
Intel Core i3-10105
4C 8T @ 3.7 GHz
1168
1168
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 2.1 GHz
1165
1165
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
6C 12T @ 2.1 GHz
1162
1162
AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
6C 12T @ 3.0 GHz
1162
1162

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 3 4100
4C 8T @ 3.8 GHz
1134
1134
AMD Ryzen 3 4300G
4C 8T @ 3.8 GHz
1134
1134
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 2.1 GHz
1134
1134
AMD Ryzen 3 3100
4C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
1134
1134
AMD Ryzen 3 4300G
4C 8T @ 3.8 GHz
1134
1134

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 2.2 GHz
482
482
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
6C 6T @ 2.3 GHz
480
480
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 2.1 GHz
475
475
Intel Core i7-10750H
6C 12T @ 2.6 GHz
474
474
Intel Core i3-10105F
4C 8T @ 3.7 GHz
472
472

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350GE
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
464
464
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U
8C 16T @ 1.7 GHz
464
464
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 2.1 GHz
462
462
Intel Core i9-7900X
10C 20T @ 3.3 GHz
461
461
Intel Core i7-10710U
6C 12T @ 1.1 GHz
460
460

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 3.0 GHz
96
96
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
6C 6T @ 3.6 GHz
94
94
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 2.1 GHz
89
89
Intel Core i3-10100
4C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
88
88
Intel Core i7-5820K
6C 12T @ 3.3 GHz
88
88