AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Ryzen 5 5500U vs Ryzen 9 7900X benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7900X beats the Ryzen 5 5500U in overall performance. 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 9 7900X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5500U. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900X has 12 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 9 7900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500U. A Ryzen 5 5500U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 7900X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 7900X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 5500U. The Ryzen 9 7900X also has significantly more 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.