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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Ryzen 5 3500U

38 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
VS
27 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with 6-cores against the 2.1 GHz Ryzen 5 3500U with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments (4)

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 3500U and 5500U
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 12 nanometers
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 46% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1526 vs 1044 points
  • Newer - released 2 years and 1 month later
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 7 integrated graphics: 1.6 vs 1.2 TFLOPS
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4 GHz vs 3.7 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 5500U
vs
Ryzen 5 3500U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 5500U +46%
1526
Ryzen 5 3500U
1044
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 5500U +109%
6005
Ryzen 5 3500U
2880
File compression 504.2 MB/sec 310.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 32.5 Klines/sec 19.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 103.5 pages/sec 71.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 151.5 Mpixels/sec 92 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 124.6 pages/sec 88.3 pages/sec
Background blur 27.2 images/sec 11.3 images/sec
Photo processing 49.8 images/sec 28 images/sec
Ray tracing 8.97 Mpixels/sec 4.41 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 599 & 774 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 5500U +25%
2390
Ryzen 5 3500U
1911
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 5500U +85%
12609
Ryzen 5 3500U
6809
Integer math 44.4 GOps/sec 24.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 25.6 GOps/sec 12.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 26M Primes/sec 15M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 18.7M Strings/sec 10.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 10.2 GBytes/sec 5.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 171.4 MBytes/sec 93.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 526 Frames/sec 367 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.7B Matrices/sec 3.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6029 & 5693 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 5500U +169%
91.95
Ryzen 5 3500U
34.13

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.2 PPW 4.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 240.2 PPW 82.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 504.4 PPW 194.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.68 PPW 0.98 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-11 (Akhil)Cinebench 202468 / 404
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-06 (DON'T_SYBAU ❀️)GeekBench1515 / 6409
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-04 (Micro_review)GeekBench1526 / 6005
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-14 (Josh Passed)Cinebench 202469 / 315
πŸ“˜ 2024-05-30 (Wildan)Cinebench 202468 / 367
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AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-25 (Kirill_009)GeekBench643 / 1815
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen 5 3500U

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 12, 2021 January 6, 2019
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 2 (Lucienne) Zen+ (Picasso)
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7 Radeon Vega 8
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i5 1135G7 - Intel Core i5 1035G7
Successor - AMD Ryzen 5 7520U - AMD Ryzen 5 8640U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (165th and 187th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 4
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 21x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 4.9 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 12 nm
TDP (PL1) 10-25 W (configurable) 12-35 W (configurable)
Socket FP6 FP5
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon RX Vega 7 Radeon Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1800 MHz 1200 MHz
Shading Units 448 512
TMUs 28 32
ROPs 8 8
Execution Units 7 8
TGP 15 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 5500U +33%
1.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 3500U
1.2 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 8 compared to Vega 7

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266		 - DDR4-2400
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 35.76 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page AMD Ryzen 5 3500U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 12

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U or Ryzen 5 5500U?
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More Random guy February 15, 2023 at 03:27 AM
I am using Magicbook 3500U, pretty good performance. Now looking for a second laptop, preferably Magicbook 5500U. It's costing lesser than what it cost me for 3500U 2 years back.
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random guy May 27, 2022 at 07:20 PM
I own a ryzen 5 3500u, I got a laptop a few months ago with this for Β£450 and now the 5500u laptops are all over the place for the same price, is annoying to be honest both of them are amazing processors though. Get a 5500u if you can and don't make the mistake I did. End of rant.
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Another Random guy February 5, 2023 at 06:58 PM
You got screwed, I paid Β£500 for my 3500u laptop in 2020. You should have looked for a 4500u or 4300u, or 5300u laptop if you had the chance, those laptops are faster.
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guest September 5, 2021 at 05:32 PM
For single performance like if a person dont like gaming and heavy video editing then u will go for 3500U best otherwise prefer 5500U and better
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