AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Celeron N5095

Ryzen 5 5500U vs Celeron N5095 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500U performs better than the Celeron N5095. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Celeron N5095 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 Celeron N5095 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Celeron N5095. 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.

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 5500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.