AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs AMD Ryzen 7 4800H

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

4357 points
5833 points
33% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6337 points
7173 points
13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3730 points
5387 points
44% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3577 points
5262 points
47% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3688 points
5742 points
55% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

90.31 points
149.13 points
65% significantly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

8565 points
11642 points
35% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4587 points
5783 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1288 points
1419 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4533 points
6073 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1297 points
1481 points
14% 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
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
2.9 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.2 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
200% significantly lower TDP
45 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

405th of 1,089
264th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
Ryzen 7 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2020 June

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 4800H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 4800H performs better than the Ryzen 5 5500U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 4800H has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5500U. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 4800H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5500U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 4800H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500U. A Ryzen 5 5500U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 4800H 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 Ryzen 7 4800H has slightly 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.

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