AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
  • Cores: 6
  • L3 cache: 8MB (shared)
  • TDP: 10-25 W
  • Transistor size: 7 nm
Ryzen 5 5500U - laptop processor produced by Amd for socket FP6 that has 6 cores and 12 threads. The base clock frequency of the CPU is 2100 MHz, but due to Turbo Core technology, it can perform up to 4000 MHz. The size of the L3 cache is 8 MB. Please note that this chip has integrated graphics Radeon RX Vega 7.

Review

Single-Core Performance
43
Multi-Core Performance
19
Power Efficiency
65
Integrated Graphics
44
NanoReview Final Score
38
Compare AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with other CPUs

Test in Benchmarks

Performance test of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U in benchmarks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
68
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
404

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 504.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 32.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 103.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 151.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 124.6 pages/sec
Background blur 27.2 images/sec
Photo processing 49.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 8.97 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 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 44.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 25.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 26M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 18.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 10.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 171.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 526 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3] – 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 16.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 240.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 504.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 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
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

Ryzen 5 5500U technical specifications

General

Vendor Amd
Released January 12, 2021
Type Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64
Codename Zen 2 (Lucienne)
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7
Intel 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
Total
Total Cores 6
Total Threads 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x
L1 Cache 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No

Package

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

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1800 MHz
Shading Units 448
TMUs 28
ROPs 8
Execution Units 7
TGP 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.6 TFLOPS
See also: Radeon RX Vega 7 – integrated graphics of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 12
Technologies
- Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA
- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT
- Virtualization: AMD-V
- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP

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