AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 8 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

44 %
2% slightly better overall score
43 %

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

64 %
Identical
64 %

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

38 %
5% slightly better multitasking score
36 %

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

36 %
5% slightly better heavy workload score
34 %

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

97.27
103.32
6% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

8565
10% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
7719
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4587
4973
8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1288
1368
6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4587
4973
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1288
1368
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
Identical
15 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
Identical
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

254th of 1,239
266th of 1,239

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
Ryzen 7 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

December 2021
June 2020

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Ryzen 5 5500U vs Ryzen 7 4700U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5500U is faster than the Ryzen 7 4700U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 4700U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 4700U has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5500U that has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500U has more threads than the Ryzen 7 4700U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 4700U. 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 info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 4700U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500U. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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.

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