AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500H

Compare AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 4 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

6306 points
64% significantly better overall score
3827 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8479 points
33% slightly better gaming score
6332 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5619 points
81% significantly better multitasking score
3095 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5454 points
83% significantly better heavy workload score
2970 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

163.82 points
109% significantly higher Blender score
78.11 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9274 points
119% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4230 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2302 points
49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1535 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.30 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed
3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
19% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

54 W
45 W
20% slightly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

235th of 1,089
450th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7000 Series
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 April
2023 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Ryzen 5 7640HS vs Ryzen 5 5500H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7640HS is faster than the Ryzen 5 5500H. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5500H. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5500H. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500H. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500H outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 7640HS thanks to a slightly lower TDP. 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 5 7640HS has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500H. The Ryzen 5 7640HS also has significantly more 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 7640HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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