AMD Ryzen 5 5600U vs Ryzen 5 5500U
We compared two 6-core laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600U against the 2.1 GHz Ryzen 5 5500U. 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 electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
- Has 8192 KB larger L3 cache size
- 26% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1396 vs 1108 points
- 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.2 GHz vs 4 GHz)
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| Vendor | AMD | AMD |
| Released | January 12, 2021 | January 12, 2021 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 3 (Cezanne) | Zen 2 (Lucienne) |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon RX Vega 7 | Radeon RX Vega 7 |
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.3 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.2 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Total Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 23x | 21x |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 16MB (shared) | 8MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| Socket | FP6 | FP6 |
| TDP | 10-25 W (configurable) | 10-25 W (configurable) |
| Peak temperature | 105°C | 105°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Radeon RX Vega 7 | Radeon RX Vega 7 |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1800 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Shading Units | 448 | 448 |
| TMUs | 28 | 28 |
| ROPs | 7 | 7 |
| TGP | 10-45 W | 10-45 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 5600U official page | AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 12 | 12 |
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