AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Core i3-1315U

Ryzen 5 5500U vs Core i3-1315U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5500U beats the Core i3-1315U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1315U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 5500U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1315U. Despite this, the Core i3-1315U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 5500U has more L2 cache than the Core i3-1315U. Despite this, the Core i3-1315U has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 5500U.

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.