AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Core 5 220U

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, vs Intel Core 5 220U. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U and Intel Core 5 220U
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
Intel Core 5 220U
1850
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
7092
Intel Core 5 220U
7901
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
68
Intel Core 5 220U
108
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
367
Intel Core 5 220U
423
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
2427
Intel Core 5 220U
3255
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
12902
Intel Core 5 220U
14225
Integer Math45.5 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math26.2 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search26 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort19.1 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption10.5 GB/sn/a
Data Compression175.6 MB/sn/a
Physics534 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions109 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1502
Intel Core 5 220U
2313
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
5266
Intel Core 5 220U
8672
File Compression504.2 MB/sn/a
Clang Compilation32.5 KLines/sn/a
HTML5 Browser103.5 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering151.5 MP/secn/a
Text Processing124.6 pages/sn/a
Background Blur27.2 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing49.8 frames/sn/a
Ray Tracing8.97 MP/secn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
91.95
Intel Core 5 220U
n/a

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 210.6 PPW 578.1 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 516.1 PPW 948.3 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 14.7 PPW 28.2 PPW
Blender / W 3.68 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced January, 12, 2021 January, 6, 2025
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 2 (Lucienne) Raptor Lake
Model number n/a 220U
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7 Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 2
Threads 12 4
Frequency 2.1 GHz 1.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4 GHz 5 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a8
Threadsn/a8
Frequencyn/a0.9 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.8 GHz
General
Cores count610
Threads count1212
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier21x14x
L1 cache64 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core1280 KB/core
L3 Cache8 MB total12 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 7 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 10-25 W 12-15 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 55 W
Socket FP6 BGA-1744
Critical temp. 105 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
- DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max Size 32 GB 96 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 12 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core 5 220U the clear winner in this comparison.

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