AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5931 points
123% significantly better overall score
2650 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7969 points
89% significantly better gaming score
4215 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5267 points
140% significantly better multitasking score
2190 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5102 points
142% significantly better heavy workload score
2104 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.88 points
196% significantly higher Blender score
47.87 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7589 points
180% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2704 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1833 points
98% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
923 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7653 points
192% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2612 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1872 points
107% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
903 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
71% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
15 W
333% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
Identical
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache
4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

256th of 1,089
602nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 5 PRO Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 April
2019 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 5 5500 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5500 is faster than the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 5500 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. Also, the Ryzen 5 5500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 5500 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. The Ryzen 5 5500 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 5500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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