AMD Ryzen 5 5500H vs AMD Ryzen 5 240

Compare AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 200 Series 6 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

3827 points
3898 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6332 points
29% slightly better gaming score
4888 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3095 points
3569 points
15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2970 points
3461 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

78.11 points
181.21 points
131% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz
4.30 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
5 GHz
19% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
Identical
45 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
6 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

472nd of 1,121
463rd of 1,121

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5000 Series
Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 June
-

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Ryzen 5 5500H vs Ryzen 5 240 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 240 performs better than the Ryzen 5 5500H. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 240 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5500H has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 240 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500H. Also, the Ryzen 5 240 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 240 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 5500H. The Ryzen 5 240 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 5500H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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