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AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 5650U vs Ryzen 5 5500U

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

We compared two 6-core laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 5650U 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.

  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
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 5650U
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 5650U
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 20% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1824 vs 1526 points
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.2 GHz vs 4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 Pro 5650U
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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 584.6 MB/sec 504.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 48 Klines/sec 32.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 104.4 pages/sec 103.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 182.7 Mpixels/sec 151.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 185.2 pages/sec 124.6 pages/sec
Background blur 31.5 images/sec 27.2 images/sec
Photo processing 41.6 images/sec 49.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 11.8 Mpixels/sec 8.97 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 402 & 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 Pro 5650U +10%
13901
Ryzen 5 5500U
12609
Integer math 51.3 GOps/sec 44.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 27.9 GOps/sec 25.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 43M Primes/sec 26M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 17.3M Strings/sec 18.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 10.4 GBytes/sec 10.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 163.7 MBytes/sec 171.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 645 Frames/sec 526 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.8B Matrices/sec 10.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1323 & 6029 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 25.7 PPW 16.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 418.8 PPW 240.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 926.7 PPW 504.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.44 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 Pro 5650U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-14 (Raph)Geekbench 6 CPU1574 / 5852
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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 Pro 5650U and Ryzen 5 5500U

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released March 16, 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
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 1135G7
Successor - AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 6650U - AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (158th and 167th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
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
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
TDP (PL1) 15 W 10-25 W (configurable)
Socket FP6 FP6
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 105Β°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 8 8
Execution Units 7 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 Pro 5650U
1.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 5500U
1.6 TFLOPS
See: Radeon RX Vega 7 benchmarks

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 5650U official page AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 12

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
98 (85.2%)
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Total votes: 115

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Comments

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