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AMD Ryzen 7 3700U vs Ryzen 5 5500U

29 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
VS
38 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 3700U 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 (3)

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 3700U
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 7 versus 12 nanometers
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 2 years and 1 month later
  • 44% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1526 vs 1059 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 3700U
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 7 3700U
1059
Ryzen 5 5500U +44%
1526
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 3700U
2921
Ryzen 5 5500U +106%
6005
File compression 244.8 MB/sec 504.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 22.4 Klines/sec 32.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 60 pages/sec 103.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 95.5 Mpixels/sec 151.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 87.2 pages/sec 124.6 pages/sec
Background blur 13.3 images/sec 27.2 images/sec
Photo processing 25.7 images/sec 49.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.51 Mpixels/sec 8.97 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 671 & 599 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 7 3700U
1935
Ryzen 5 5500U +24%
2390
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 3700U
7014
Ryzen 5 5500U +80%
12609
Integer math 24.7 GOps/sec 44.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 12.6 GOps/sec 25.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 16M Primes/sec 26M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 11.3M Strings/sec 18.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 6.2 GBytes/sec 10.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 97.6 MBytes/sec 171.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 379 Frames/sec 526 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 3.7B Matrices/sec 10.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 1684 & 6029 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 3700U
44.6
Ryzen 5 5500U +106%
91.95

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 5.9 PPW 16.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 83.5 PPW 240.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 200.4 PPW 504.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.27 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 7 3700U
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-08-11 (Akhil)Cinebench 202468 / 404
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-06-06 (DON'T_SYBAU โค๏ธ)Geekbench 6 CPU1515 / 6409
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-06-04 (Micro_review)Geekbench 6 CPU1526 / 6005
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-05-14 (Josh Passed)Cinebench 202469 / 315
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-05-30 (Wildan)Cinebench 202468 / 367
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 3700U and Ryzen 5 5500U

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 6, 2019 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen+ (Picasso) Zen 2 (Lucienne)
Integrated GPU Radeon Vega 10 Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i7 1065G7 - Intel Core i5 1135G7
Successor - AMD Ryzen 7 5700U - AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (184th and 165th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 21x
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 4MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

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

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon Vega 10 Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 640 448
TMUs 40 28
ROPs 16 8
Execution Units 10 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 7 3700U +12%
1.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 5500U
1.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 7 compared to Vega 10

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 3700U official page AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 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 5500U or Ryzen 7 3700U?
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Guest 8193 July 22, 2022 at 06:53 PM
This comparison was crucial as it busted the 7 supremacy over ryzen 5, while especially comparing Asus Vivobook 15 and Lenovo IdeaPad 3!
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Will September 25, 2021 at 02:05 AM
I was curious as well, but I find out the 3700U laptop is $350 cheaper that 5500U. So I will go with 3700U
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Jeremy August 10, 2021 at 03:07 PM
My friends are telling me the Ryzen 7 is better but the specs here tell me that only the gpu is better on it? Iโ€™m not as worried about a gpu as I donโ€™t play games that need a powerful gpu.
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