AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Core i3-1115G4

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i3 2 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
138% significantly better overall score
1829 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6337 points
71% significantly better gaming score
3698 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3730 points
176% significantly better multitasking score
1348 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3577 points
176% significantly better heavy workload score
1293 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

90.31 points
208% significantly higher Blender score
29.31 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

8565 points
164% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score
3244 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4587 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2919 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1288 points
1506 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4533 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3077 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1297 points
1579 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
200% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
200% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3.00 GHz
42% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.1 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
86% significantly lower TDP
28 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache
192 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
20% slightly more L2 cache
2.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

405th of 1,089
755th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
11th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2020 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 5500U vs Core i3-1115G4 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500U performs better than the Core i3-1115G4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1115G4 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 Core i3-1115G4 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1115G4. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-1115G4 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500U. A Ryzen 5 5500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-1115G4 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 Core i3-1115G4. The Ryzen 5 5500U also has slightly more L3 cache.

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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