AMD Ryzen 5 5600U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 5600U, vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 5600U and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
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 5600U
1372
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1172
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
7582
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
7092
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
77
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
68
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
476
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
367
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
2905
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
2427
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
15278
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
12902
Integer Math57.1 GOps/s45.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math30.6 GOps/s26.2 GOps/s
Prime Number Search48 M primes/s26 M primes/s
Random String Sort19.1 M strings/s19.1 M strings/s
Data Encryption11.6 GB/s10.5 GB/s
Data Compression180.5 MB/s175.6 MB/s
Physics695 frames/s534 frames/s
Extended Instructions118 M matrices/s109 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
1834
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1502
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6371
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
5266
File Compression670.8 MB/s504.2 MB/s
Clang Compilation45.4 KLines/s32.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser123.2 pages/s103.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering169.3 MP/sec151.5 MP/sec
Text Processing183.2 pages/s124.6 pages/s
Background Blur29.9 frames/s27.2 frames/s
Photo Processing53.1 frames/s49.8 frames/s
Ray Tracing10.7 MP/sec8.97 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
104.05
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
91.95

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 254.8 PPW 210.6 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 611.1 PPW 516.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 19 PPW 14.7 PPW
Blender / W 4.16 PPW 3.68 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced January, 12, 2021 January, 12, 2021
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Zen 2 (Lucienne)
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7 Radeon RX Vega 7

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Frequency 2.3 GHz 2.1 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.2 GHz 4 GHz
General
Cores count66
Threads count1212
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier23x21x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total8 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 10-25 W 10-25 W
Socket FP6 FP6
Critical temp. 105 °C 105 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max Size 32 GB 32 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 12 12

Results

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