AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Core i5-7200U

Ryzen 5 5500U vs Core i5-7200U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500U performs better than the Core i5-7200U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7200U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 5500U has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-7200U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7200U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-7200U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 5500U. 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.

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