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AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 5650U vs Ryzen 5 5500

41 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 5650U
VS
45 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 5650U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500

We compared two 6-core CPUs: the 2.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 5650U (laptop) against the 3.6 GHz Ryzen 5 5500 (desktop). 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

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5500 and 5650U
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 5650U
  • More than 15ยฐ C higher critical temperature
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer - released 1 year later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 Pro 5650U
vs
Ryzen 5 5500

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 424
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2421
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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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 584.6 MB/sec 819.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 48 Klines/sec 61.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 104.4 pages/sec 147.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 182.7 Mpixels/sec 233.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 185.2 pages/sec 191.9 pages/sec
Background blur 31.5 images/sec 40.4 images/sec
Photo processing 41.6 images/sec 61.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 11.8 Mpixels/sec 15.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 402 & 907 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 Pro 5650U
13901
Ryzen 5 5500 +38%
19247
Integer math 51.3 GOps/sec 64.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 27.9 GOps/sec 36.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 43M Primes/sec 55M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 17.3M Strings/sec 24.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 10.4 GBytes/sec 14.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 163.7 MBytes/sec 245.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 645 Frames/sec 881 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.8B Matrices/sec 17.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 1323 & 15772 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 Pro 5650U
96.65
Ryzen 5 5500 +49%
143.63

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 25.7 PPW 9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 418.8 PPW 126.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 926.7 PPW 296.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.44 PPW 2.21 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 Pro 5650U
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-14 (Raph)Geekbench 6 CPU1574 / 5852
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-10 (leosangester)Cinebench 2024429 / 2105
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-04 (Aideau)Cinebench 2026424 / 2421
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22Geekbench 6 CPU2028 / 8385
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22Cinebench 202488 / 627
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22Geekbench 6 CPU1972 / 8289
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 5650U and Ryzen 5 5500

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released March 16, 2021 March 15, 2022
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7 No
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 11400
Successor - AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 6650U - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (156th and 138th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 36x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 7 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 15 W 65 W
Socket FP6 AM4
Peak Temperature 105ยฐC 90ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (#129th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon RX Vega 7 -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1800 MHz -
Shading Units 448 -
TMUs 28 -
ROPs 8 -
Execution Units 7 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
See: Radeon RX Vega 7 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266		 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 5650U official page AMD Ryzen 5 5500 official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 24

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Comments

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