AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Core i5-9300H

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i5 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
51% significantly better overall score
2867 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6337 points
38% slightly better gaming score
4582 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3730 points
57% significantly better multitasking score
2361 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3577 points
57% significantly better heavy workload score
2270 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3688 points
40% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
2627 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

90.31 points
68% significantly higher Blender score
53.61 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4587 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3678 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1288 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1247 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4533 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3744 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1297 points
0.39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1292 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
2.4 GHz
14% 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
200% significantly lower TDP
45 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

405th of 1,089
557th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
9th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 5500U vs Core i5-9300H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500U performs better than the Core i5-9300H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9300H 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 i5-9300H has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9300H. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-9300H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500U. A Ryzen 5 5500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-9300H CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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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