AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs AMD A6-7310

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs AMD A6-Series APU for Laptops 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

4357 points
484% significantly better overall score
745 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6337 points
351% significantly better gaming score
1404 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3730 points
561% significantly better multitasking score
564 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3577 points
561% significantly better heavy workload score
541 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4587 points
631% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
627 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1288 points
457% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
231 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4533 points
660% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
596 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1297 points
471% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
227 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
200% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
66% significantly higher turbo speed
2.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
66% significantly lower TDP
25 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

405th of 1,089
1,019th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
A6-Series APU for Laptops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR3L

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Ryzen 5 5500U vs A6-7310 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5500U is faster than the A6-7310. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A6-7310 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 5500U has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the A6-7310 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the A6-7310. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5500U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the A6-7310. A Ryzen 5 5500U CPU outputs less heat than a A6-7310 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 5500U has more L2 cache than the A6-7310

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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