Intel Processor N100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Intel Processor N100 with 4-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.

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
NanoReview Final Score
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5500U and N100
Advantages of Intel Processor N100
  • Newer - released 2 years later
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 7 integrated graphics: 1.6 vs 0.3 TFLOPS
  • Supports up to 32 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 25% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1526 vs 1216 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1526
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
6005
File compression 227.3 MB/sec 504.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 12.6 Klines/sec 32.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 65.5 pages/sec 103.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 86.6 Mpixels/sec 151.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 144.1 pages/sec 124.6 pages/sec
Background blur 11.6 images/sec 27.2 images/sec
Photo processing 22.6 images/sec 49.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.1 Mpixels/sec 8.97 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 677 & 599 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
2390
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
12609
Integer math 16 GOps/sec 44.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 10.7 GOps/sec 25.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 22M Primes/sec 26M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 7.1M Strings/sec 18.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 4 GBytes/sec 10.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 57.1 MBytes/sec 171.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 385 Frames/sec 526 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 2.9B Matrices/sec 10.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4052 & 6029 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
91.95

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.5 PPW 16.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 432.5 PPW 240.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 884.7 PPW 504.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.72 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 Processor N100
No benchmark results yet
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

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Processor N100 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 N100 -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (24EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 1135G7
Successor - Intel Processor N150 - 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 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 4 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 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) 6 W 10-25 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1264 FP6
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (24EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock - 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 750 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 192 448
TMUs 12 28
ROPs 6 8
Execution Units 24 7
TGP 6-10 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.3 TFLOPS
1.6 TFLOPS

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 Processor N100 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

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U or Intel Processor N100?
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Alter January 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
well the price difference is almost twice so no wonder amd wins
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