AMD Ryzen 5 3550H vs Intel N97

Ryzen 5 3550H vs N97 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3550H performs better than the N97. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the N97 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 3550H has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3550H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the N97. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The N97 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3550H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.