AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

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  • iGPU: AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
  • Boost/Base Clock: 4 GHz / 2.1 GHz
  • Core/Thread Count: 6 Core / 12 Thread
  • Cache: 384 KB of level 1 cache + 3 MB of level 2 cache + 8MB of Total L3 Cache
  • TDP: 15 Watts
  • CPU Socket: FP6
  • CPU Transistor size: 7 Nanometer
  • CPU Series: Zen 2 (AMD Lucienne)
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    Last updated on July 27, 2021 3:46 AM

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    AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Performance Review | Comparison

    The AMD Ryzen 5 5500U is a Mid Range processor for thin and light laptops based on Zen 2 architecture. The AMD Ryzen 5 5500U has 6 cores and 12 threads with a base clock of 2.1 GHz and can be boosted to 4 GHz. The chip is based on the Zen 2 microarchitecture and is manufactured on a 7 nm process by TSMC. The TDP of this Chip is specified by AMD to be at 15 Watts but can vary anywhere from 10 to 25 watts. The 6-core APU comes with integrated Vega 7 graphics and supports DDR4-3200 and Low power LPDDR4-4266 RAM.

    AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

    The AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 Graphics comes integrated with AMD Ryzen 7 4000 series CPUs and Ryzen 5 5000 series CPUs. Launched in January of 2020 the iGPU is based on Vega architecture and comes with 7 CUs.

    Performance | How is AMD Ryzen 5 5500U (Good or Bad)

    The Ryzen 5 5500U trades blow with the likes of the 10th Gen Intel Core i7 10750H which is is high-end gaming CPU with a TDP of 45 Watts. This goes without saying it can easily handle your day-to-day tasks such as Browsing, Streaming, and using office productivity software. If your day-to-day workflow involves using video editing, photo editing, and CAD applications, the 5500U should have no problem handling such workloads. According to a lot of industry experts, it is just a rebranded 4600U since the performance is strikingly similar.

    How is AMD Ryzen 5 5500U for gaming 

    The AMD Ryzen 5 5500U is powered by the Vega 7 Graphics which has a performance comparable to that of Nvidia Mx250 with 2GB of graphics memory and slightly below Vega 8 graphics and is capable of gaming at the medium setting with decent frame rates. That being said performance of the Vega 7 Graphics depends on a number of factors such as the configured TDP (12-25 Watts), Clock Speed, Cooling Solution, and RAM configuration.

    How is AMD Ryzen 5 5500U for 3D Animation and Rendering

    We see that the AMD Ryzen 5 5500U performs slightly better than its intel counterparts with a massive lead in multi-core performance and only losing to intel in single-core performance with significant margins. Overall AMD Ryzen 5 5500U has a performance similar to that of AMD Ryzen 7 4700U and is significantly better for rendering and encoding than its intel counterparts with only losing to intel in software responsiveness under active workloads.

    • Blender
    • Cinebench R20
    • Cinebench R23
    • Cinebench R15
    AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Vs (AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | AMD Ryzen 7 5700U | AMD Ryzen 5 4600H | AMD Ryzen 5 4500U | Intel Core i5-1135G7 | Intel Core i7-1165G7 | AMD Ryzen 5 3550H | AMD Ryzen 7 4700U| AMD Ryzen 5 5600U)

    Blender is an open-source digital content creation software for 3D-Modeling, Animation, Rendering, Video Editing & Compositing Solutions on the market. Blender has its own benchmarks and is used to measure the rendering capabilities of a CPU or GPU. The following bars indicate the time is taken to render a scene ( Less is better)

    In the blender benchmark, the AMD Ryzen 5 5500U beats its intel and its 4000 series counterparts with huge margins

    AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Vs (AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | AMD Ryzen 7 5700U | AMD Ryzen 5 4600H | AMD Ryzen 5 4500U | Intel Core i5-1135G7 | Intel Core i7-1165G7 | AMD Ryzen 5 3550H | AMD Ryzen 7 4700U| AMD Ryzen 5 5600U) Based on cinema 4d the Cinebench R20 measures CPU performance in animation, 3d-modeling, simulation, and rendering. Single-core performance measures the responsiveness of the software under active workloads while the multi-core score measures the CPU’s ability to handle tasks such as rendering, encoding, and other workloads that benefit from better multi-threaded performance. In Cinebench R20 single-core benchmark the 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 beats AMD Ryzen 5 5500U by 14.2 percent and the 11th Gen Intel Core i7-1165G7 beats it by 22.5 percent. However, in the Cinebench R20 multi-core benchmark, it’s a very different story where AMD Ryzen 5 5500U beats its intel counterparts such as i5-1135G7 and i7-1165G7 with an impressive margin of 30 percent. Overall the Ryzen 5 5500U is comparable to Ryzen 7 4700U in terms of performance.
    AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Vs (AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | AMD Ryzen 7 5700U | AMD Ryzen 5 4600H | AMD Ryzen 5 4500U | Intel Core i5-1135G7 | Intel Core i7-1165G7 | AMD Ryzen 5 3550H | AMD Ryzen 7 4700U| AMD Ryzen 5 5600U)

    Cinebench R23 is the updated version of Cinebench R20 now with AVX instruction set support. Single-core performance measures responsiveness and the multi-core score measures the CPU’s ability to handle tasks such as rendering, encoding, and other workloads that benefit from better multi-threaded performance.

    AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

    Cinebench R15 Score is based on cinema 4D and is the predecessor of Cinebench R20 benchmarks.

    How is AMD Ryzen 5 5500U for Video Editing

    • HWBOT x265 v2.2 4K
    AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

    The HWBOT x265 v2.2 4K benchmark renders a video with a 4K resolution using x265/HEVC encoder and can be used to measure how fast a CPU will encode a video.

    How is AMD Ryzen 5 5500U for Web Browsing

    The AMD Ryzen 5 5500U is competitive with its ryzen counterparts and beats its 10th Intel Counterparts with decent margins. However, if we compare the 5500U with intel’s 11th gen offerings it is not very competitive.

    • Mozilla Kraken 1.1
    • WebXPRT 3 Score
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    AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

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    Specification: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

    Model
    Model

    Specs
    Processor/CPU Model

    CPU Base Clock

    2.1 GHz

    CPU Boost Clock

    4 GHz

    CPU Core Count

    6 Core

    Level 1 Cache

    384 KB

    Level 2 Cache

    3 MB

    L3 Cache/SLC

    8MB of Total L3 Cache

    TDP

    15 Watts

    CPU Thread Count

    12 Thread

    CPU Generation

    CPU/Processor

    CPU Class

    Processor’s Series

    Zen 2 (AMD Lucienne)

    Socket

    Transistor size

    RAM Speed

    ,

    CPU Benchmarks
    Geekbench 5 (Multi-core)

    5631

    Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)

    1128

    Cinebench R15 Multi Core

    1251

    Cinebench R15 Single Core

    177

    Cinebench R20 Multi Core

    2599

    Cinebench R20 Single Core

    458

    Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

    7328

    Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

    1169

    Geekbench 4.1 Multi-Core

    4771

    Geekbench 4.1 Single-Core

    21611

    HWBOT x265 v2.2 4K

    8.8

    Mozilla Kraken 1.1

    850

    Octane V2

    48811

    WebXPRT 3 Score

    208

    TrueCrypt AES

    4.31

    TrueCrypt Serpent

    0.52

    TrueCrypt Twofish

    0.8

    PassMark (Multi Core)

    13193

    PassMark (Single Core)

    2454

    WinRAR

    3947

    Premiere Pro
    PugetBench Premiere Pro Effects

    18.5

    PugetBench Premiere Pro Export

    16.1

    PugetBench Premiere Pro GPU

    5.6

    PugetBench Premiere Pro Overall

    173

    PugetBench Premiere Pro Playback

    18.4

    DaVinci Resolve (Video Editing Benchmark)
    PugetBench DaVinci Resolve

    280

    PugetBench DaVinci Resolve 4K Media

    23

    PugetBench DaVinci Resolve Fusion

    53

    PugetBench DaVinci Resolve GPU Effects

    8

    After Effects
    PugetBench After Effects

    381

    PugetBench After Effects GPU

    9.8

    PugetBench After Effects Multi-Core

    35.4

    PugetBench After Effects RAM

    29.6

    PugetBench After Effects Render

    31

    PugetBench After Effects Tracking

    72.1

    Photoshop
    PugetBench Photoshop Filter

    58.5

    PugetBench Photoshop General

    45.2

    PugetBench Photoshop GPU

    50.9

    PugetBench Photoshop Overall

    519

    Blender (Less is better)
    Blender 2.93 (bmw27)

    381

    Blender 2.79

    411

    3D Mark CPU
    3DMark Time Spy Score

    3DMark Ice Storm Physics

    57871

    Cloud Gate Physics

    9917

    FireStrike Standard Physics

    16326

    Ice Storm Extreme Physics

    58122

    Ice Storm Unlimited Physics

    65174

    Gaming
    GTA V (1024x768) Low

    87

    GTA V (1366x768) Med

    72

    GTA V (FHD) High

    24

    GTA V (FHD) Ultra

    11

    Halo Infinite | High FHD

    4

    Halo Infinite | low 1280x720

    23

    Halo Infinite | Med FHD

    8

    Halo Infinite | Ultra FHD

    1

    Halo Infinite | Ultra QHD

    1

    Witcher 3 | High FHD

    18

    Witcher 3 | low 1024x768

    60

    Witcher 3 | med 1366x768

    34

    Witcher 3 | Ultra FHD

    13

    GPU Specs
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    GPU VRAM

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