Ryzen 5 5500U vs Ryzen 7 2700U specs and performance
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500U performs better than the Ryzen 7 2700U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 2700U in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 5500U has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 2700U. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500U has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 7 2700U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 2700U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500U has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 2700U. The Ryzen 5 5500U also has significantly more L3 cache.
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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