AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Ryzen 3 5300U
We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with 6-cores against the 2.6 GHz Ryzen 3 5300U with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
- Has 4096 KB larger L3 cache size
- Has 2 more physical cores
- 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4 GHz vs 3.8 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 394.6 MB/sec | 361.9 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 46 Klines/sec | 29.2 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 98.2 pages/sec | 86.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 150.4 Mpixels/sec | 130.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 132 pages/sec | 122.5 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 28.2 images/sec | 25.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 42.3 images/sec | 42.6 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 11.2 Mpixels/sec | 7.46 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 46.2 GOps/sec | 30.2 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 26.6 GOps/sec | 17.9 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 26M Primes/sec | 19M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 19.5M Strings/sec | 14.2M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 10.7 GBytes/sec | 8.1 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 178.2 MBytes/sec | 133.9 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 539 Frames/sec | 423 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 11B Matrices/sec | 8.5B Matrices/sec |
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Specifications
Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen 3 5300UGeneral
| Vendor | Amd | Amd |
| Released | January 12, 2021 | January 12, 2021 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 2 (Lucienne) | Zen 2 (Lucienne) |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon RX Vega 7 | Radeon RX Vega 6 |
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.1 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Total Cores | 6 | 4 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 8 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 21x | 26x |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 8MB (shared) | 4MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 10-25 W (configurable) | 10-25 W (configurable) |
| Socket | FP6 | FP6 |
| Peak temperature | 105°C | 105°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Radeon RX Vega 7 | Radeon RX Vega 6 |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1800 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Shading Units | 448 | 384 |
| TMUs | 28 | 24 |
| ROPs | 7 | 8 |
| TGP | 10-45 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR4-4266 |
- DDR4-3200 - LPDDR4-4266 |
| Memory Size | 32 GB | 32 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page | AMD Ryzen 3 5300U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 12 | 12 |
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