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Intel Core i3 N305 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

31 out of 100
Intel Core i3 N305
VS
38 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Intel Core i3 N305
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.8 GHz Intel Core i3 N305 with 8-cores against the 2.1 GHz AMD 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

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 N305
Advantages of Intel Core i3 N305
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 7 integrated graphics: 1.6 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Supports up to 32 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1526 vs 1339 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i3 N305
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)
Core i3 N305
1339
Ryzen 5 5500U +14%
1526
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i3 N305
5277
Ryzen 5 5500U +14%
6005
File compression 447.7 MB/sec 504.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 41.7 Klines/sec 32.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 123.7 pages/sec 103.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 162.8 Mpixels/sec 151.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 167.4 pages/sec 124.6 pages/sec
Background blur 25 images/sec 27.2 images/sec
Photo processing 42.1 images/sec 49.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.03 Mpixels/sec 8.97 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 789 & 599 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i3 N305
2040
Ryzen 5 5500U +17%
2390
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i3 N305
9377
Ryzen 5 5500U +34%
12609
Integer math 32.8 GOps/sec 44.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 21.9 GOps/sec 25.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 23M Primes/sec 26M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 13.8M Strings/sec 18.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 7.6 GBytes/sec 10.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 111 MBytes/sec 171.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 527 Frames/sec 526 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 5.7B Matrices/sec 10.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1152 & 6029 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i3 N305
58.26
Ryzen 5 5500U +58%
91.95

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.1 PPW 16.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 351.8 PPW 240.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 625.1 PPW 504.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.88 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
Intel Core i3 N305
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-13 (Aleman82)GeekBench1264 / 3791
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-08 (Kbzabeto82)GeekBench1264 / 3791
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-11 (Akhil)Cinebench 202468 / 404
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-06 (DON'T_SYBAU ❀️)GeekBench1515 / 6409
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-04 (Micro_review)GeekBench1526 / 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 Intel Core i3 N305 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 3, 2023 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 2 (Lucienne)
Model number i3-N305 -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 1135G7
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#165th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores - 6
P-Threads - 12
Base Frequency (P) - 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.9 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 18x 21x
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (shared) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 9-15 W (configurable) 10-25 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 256 448
TMUs 16 28
ROPs 8 8
Execution Units 32 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i3 N305
0.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 5500U +167%
1.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 7 compared to UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-4800		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 16 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 1 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i3 N305 official page AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 9 12

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Comments

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