AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs AMD FX-8320

Ryzen 5 5500U vs FX-8320 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500U performs better than the FX-8320. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8320 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 FX-8320 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the FX-8320. Our comparison shows that the FX-8320 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Ryzen 5 5500U CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8320 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the FX-8320 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500U. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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.