Intel Processor N95 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

27 out of 100
Intel Processor N95
VS
38 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the Intel Processor N95 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 N95
Advantages of Intel Processor N95
  • 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
  • 27% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1526 vs 1201 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 298.6 MB/sec 504.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 19.1 Klines/sec 32.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 67 pages/sec 103.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 86.1 Mpixels/sec 151.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 135 pages/sec 124.6 pages/sec
Background blur 13.3 images/sec 27.2 images/sec
Photo processing 23.8 images/sec 49.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.43 Mpixels/sec 8.97 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 495 & 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 15.2 GOps/sec 44.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 10.4 GOps/sec 25.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 21M 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 57.9 MBytes/sec 171.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 375 Frames/sec 526 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 3B Matrices/sec 10.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1371 & 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 12.1 PPW 16.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 193.5 PPW 240.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 352.5 PPW 504.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.41 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 N95
No benchmark results yet
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

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Processor N95 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 26, 2023 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 2 (Lucienne)
Model number N95 -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (16EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 1135G7
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#167th 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 -
Turbo Boost 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) 15 W 10-25 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1264 FP6
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (16EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1200 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 128 448
TMUs 8 28
ROPs 4 8
Execution Units 16 7
TGP 6-15 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 N95 official page AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 9 12

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Choose between two processors
4 (12.5%)
28 (87.5%)
Total votes: 32

Comments

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