AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core 3 N355

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 5500, vs Intel Core 3 N355. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and Intel Core 3 N355
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
1358
Intel Core 3 N355
1039
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
10412
Intel Core 3 N355
5262
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
78
Intel Core 3 N355
66
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
549
Intel Core 3 N355
334
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
3057
Intel Core 3 N355
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
19342
Intel Core 3 N355
n/a
Integer Math65.2 GOps/s34.6 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math36.8 GOps/s23 GOps/s
Prime Number Search57 M primes/s28 M primes/s
Random String Sort24.7 M strings/s15.6 M strings/s
Data Encryption14.9 GB/s8.5 GB/s
Data Compression245.5 MB/s122.2 MB/s
Physics898 frames/s641 frames/s
Extended Instructions172 M matrices/s61 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
1961
Intel Core 3 N355
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
8220
Intel Core 3 N355
n/a
File Compression819.4 MB/s461.2 MB/s
Clang Compilation61.3 KLines/s36.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser147.3 pages/s120.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering233.2 MP/sec154.8 MP/sec
Text Processing191.9 pages/s157.4 pages/s
Background Blur40.4 frames/s24.2 frames/s
Photo Processing61.4 frames/s41.5 frames/s
Ray Tracing15.4 MP/sec7.33 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
143.63
Intel Core 3 N355
n/a

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 126.5 PPW 571.2 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 297.6 PPW 1165.6 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 8.4 PPW 37.1 PPW
Blender / W 2.21 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced March, 15, 2022 January, 3, 2023
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) n/a
Model number n/a 3-N355
Integrated GPU No UHD Graphics (32EU)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 n/a
Threads 12 n/a
Frequency 3.6 GHz n/a
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.2 GHz n/a
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a8
Threadsn/a8
Frequencyn/a0.1 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.9 GHz
General
Cores count68
Threads count128
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier36x39x
L1 cache64 KB/core96 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core2000 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total6 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Process tech. 7 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 9 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 15 W
Socket AM4 BGA-1264
Critical temp. 90 °C 105 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-3200 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-4800
Max Size 128 GB 16 GB
Channels 2 1
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 47.68 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 24 9
Tech n/a - Compute: AVX-VNNI, CLMUL, SHA
- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0
- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x
- Security: RDRAND, SGX, TXT

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 5 5500 the clear winner in this comparison.

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