AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i5-3550

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-3550

Price

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$ 1458.00

$ 298.95

$ 1159.05 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2357 points

11% slightly better overall score

2119 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3808 points

3894 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1930 points

19% slightly better multitasking score

1620 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1850 points

18% slightly better heavy workload score

1555 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.23 points

36% slightly higher Blender score

27.36 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2457 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1939 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

862 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

644 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2505 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1924 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

875 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

645 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

3.3 GHz

57% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

Identical

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

413% significantly lower TDP

77 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

650th of 1,089

702nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 January

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3500U vs Core i5-3550 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3500U performs better than the Core i5-3550. Despite this, the Core i5-3550 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 3500U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3550 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3500U. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3550 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.