AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700U

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700U. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U and AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
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 5500U
1172
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
928
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
7092
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
3807
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
68
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
n/a
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
367
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
n/a
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
2427
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
1961
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
12902
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
7101
Integer Math45.5 GOps/s25 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math26.2 GOps/s12.8 GOps/s
Prime Number Search26 M primes/s16 M primes/s
Random String Sort19.1 M strings/s11.5 M strings/s
Data Encryption10.5 GB/s6.3 GB/s
Data Compression175.6 MB/s99 MB/s
Physics534 frames/s385 frames/s
Extended Instructions109 M matrices/s37 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1502
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
1059
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
5266
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
2921
File Compression504.2 MB/s244.8 MB/s
Clang Compilation32.5 KLines/s22.4 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser103.5 pages/s60 pages/s
PDF Rendering151.5 MP/sec95.5 MP/sec
Text Processing124.6 pages/s87.2 pages/s
Background Blur27.2 frames/s13.3 frames/s
Photo Processing49.8 frames/s25.7 frames/s
Ray Tracing8.97 MP/sec5.51 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
91.95
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
44.6

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 210.6 PPW 83.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 516.1 PPW 202.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 14.7 PPW n/a
Blender / W 3.68 PPW 1.27 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced January, 12, 2021 January, 6, 2019
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 2 (Lucienne) Zen+ (Picasso)
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7 Radeon Vega 10

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 4
Threads 12 8
Frequency 2.1 GHz 2.3 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4 GHz 4 GHz
General
Cores count64
Threads count128
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier21x23x
L1 cache64 KB/core96 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache8 MB total4 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 4.9 billion
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Power (TDP) 10-25 W 12-35 W
Socket FP6 FP5
Critical temp. 105 °C 105 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
DDR4-2400
Max Size 32 GB 32 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No Yes
Max memory bandwidth n/a 35.76 GB

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 12 12

Results

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