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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U vs Ryzen 5 5500U

33 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
VS
38 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7520U with 4-cores against the 2.1 GHz Ryzen 5 5500U with 6-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 (7)

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 5500U and 7520U
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
  • Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 7 nanometers
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.3 GHz vs 4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 7 integrated graphics: 1.6 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Supports up to 32 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 20% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1526 vs 1270 points
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 7520U
vs
Ryzen 5 5500U

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 7520U
1270
Ryzen 5 5500U +20%
1526
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 7520U
4219
Ryzen 5 5500U +42%
6005
File compression 394.8 MB/sec 504.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 27 Klines/sec 32.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 91.2 pages/sec 103.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 127.6 Mpixels/sec 151.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 114.6 pages/sec 124.6 pages/sec
Background blur 23 images/sec 27.2 images/sec
Photo processing 38.3 images/sec 49.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.38 Mpixels/sec 8.97 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1108 & 599 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 7520U
8925
Ryzen 5 5500U +41%
12609
Integer math 30.6 GOps/sec 44.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 14.7 GOps/sec 25.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 20M Primes/sec 26M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 14.2M Strings/sec 18.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 6.3 GBytes/sec 10.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 132 MBytes/sec 171.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 432 Frames/sec 526 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 6B Matrices/sec 10.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1843 & 6029 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 7520U
51.1
Ryzen 5 5500U +80%
91.95

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.6 PPW 16.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 281.3 PPW 240.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 595 PPW 504.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.41 PPW 3.68 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 7520U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-13 (kot99)Geekbench 6 CPU1444 / 4688
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-11 (Akhil)Cinebench 202468 / 404
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-06 (DON'T_SYBAU ❀️)Geekbench 6 CPU1515 / 6409
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-04 (Micro_review)Geekbench 6 CPU1526 / 6005
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-14 (Josh Passed)Cinebench 202469 / 315
πŸ“˜ 2024-05-30 (Wildan)Cinebench 202468 / 367
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 7520U and Ryzen 5 5500U

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released September 22, 2022 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 2 (Mendocino) Zen 2 (Lucienne)
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 1135G7
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (174th and 165th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.8 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 28x 21x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 4MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 6 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 15 W 10-25 W (configurable)
Socket FP6 FP6
Peak Temperature 95Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 610M Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1900 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 128 448
TMUs 8 28
ROPs 4 8
Execution Units 2 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 7520U
0.5 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 5500U +220%
1.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 7 compared to Radeon 610M

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-5500 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 16 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 7520U official page AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 4 12

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U or Ryzen 5 7520U?
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Alek . November 4, 2024 at 02:59 PM
I'm not understanding AMD . Much more recent Cpu - Ryzen 5 7520u is shitty comparing to Ryzen 5 5500u Wich is few years older . AMD is getting worse then. Olders CPU are better than new ones . ( Is ridiculous) Let's not talk about power efficiency . Most people care about performance. AMD used to have better iGPU. Not with this one According to many sites ... If it's like this I'm changing to Intel . Greetings. !!!!
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Helper April 25, 2025 at 07:56 AM
Intel Igpu is worse bruv
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Alphonsokurukuchu March 19, 2024 at 06:55 AM
Both the CPU and iGPU are superior to the 7520u; they should not even have released it.
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Freddie April 9, 2024 at 02:38 PM
Hi, I'm confused between the 1 TB SSD 7520U and the 512 GB SSD 5500U. Which one would be better?
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Me-she July 14, 2024 at 09:52 PM
Freddie, That seems like a storage problem. What are using it your editing, media, work, gaming? And if so are you willing to upgrade the SSD or buy external storage? It's your choice not mine. But in my opinion I would rather get the 5 5500U and not regret it in the future.
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Foni January 18, 2024 at 09:33 PM
The Ryzen 5500U is a superior processor for photo editing and handling some 1080p video tasks. Therefore, anyone interested in purchasing a laptop with the Ryzen 5500U processor will find it to be very power-efficient. It's an excellent choice for a laptop intended for photo editing.
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Helper April 25, 2025 at 07:58 AM
True I got a hp pavillion e-15 Which uses the Ryzen 5 5500u its good for daily tasks and some lightweight gaming as well.
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