AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel N150

Ryzen 5 5500U vs N150 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500U performs better than the N150. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the N150 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 N150 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the N150. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the N150. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 5500U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the N150. The Ryzen 5 5500U also has slightly more 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.