AMD Ryzen 5 5560U vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 6 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

4837 points
5252 points
8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6909 points
7216 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4216 points
4621 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4083 points
4465 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

103.14 points
172.19 points
66% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6293 points
8481 points
34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1663 points
2104 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.30 GHz
3.50 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.9 GHz
22% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
86% significantly lower TDP
28 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
6 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

361st of 1,089
317th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 January
2023 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Ryzen 5 5560U vs Ryzen 5 7640U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7640U beats the Ryzen 5 5560U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5560U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7640U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5560U. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5560U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7640U 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 5 7640U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 5560U. The Ryzen 5 7640U 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 5560U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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