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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 5 5500U can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Good for Gaming?

This is an old CPU that contains 6 Cores and 12 Threads. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? This CPU should be able to play most games, but may be a bottleneck on newer releases. [More ...]


AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

Description: with Radeon Graphics

Class: Laptop

Socket: FP6

Clockspeed: 2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.0 GHz

Cores: 6 Threads: 12

Typical TDP: 15 W

TDP Down: 10 W

TDP Up: 25 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB

Other names: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2021

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
1319th fastest in multithreading out of 5454 CPUs
1221st fastest in single threading out of 5454 CPUs
307th fastest in out of 1514 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
12753
Single Thread Rating
2407

Samples: 4790*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

Integer Math44,944 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math25,841 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers26 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting18,902 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption10,324 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression173,260 KBytes/Sec
Physics531 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions10,767 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread2,407 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 17th of November 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of November 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 18th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H
 25,385
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,148
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 20,699
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 19,855
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
 18,099
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
 16,554
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,652
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,146
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
 12,753
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 10,616
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 9,419
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 18th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H
 55.55
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 50.27
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 30.48
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 11.06
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
 NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
 NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 18th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,678
Intel Core i7-12700H
 3,517
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 3,032
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 3,012
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
 2,895
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 2,622
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
 2,592
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
 2,407
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 2,395
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3054550 - Nov 15 2025
14283
BL3053926 - Nov 14 2025
14470
BL3053869 - Nov 14 2025
10790
BL3053826 - Nov 14 2025
13651
BL3052211 - Nov 14 2025
10339
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
As of 18th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
 12,753
Intel Core i5-11400H @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
 15,272 (+19.8%)
Intel Core i5-11500H @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
 15,658 (+22.8%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
 15,519 (+21.7%)
Intel Core i5-11260H @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
 15,440 (+21.1%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
 15,123 (+18.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5625U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
 14,704 (+15.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
 14,315 (+12.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
 14,184 (+11.2%)
Intel Core i7-10870H @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
 14,092 (+10.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
 12,103 (-5.1%)
Intel Core i7-10850H @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
 11,589 (-9.1%)
Intel Core i7-11370H @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
 11,551 (-9.4%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Good for Gaming?
As of 18th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
 9,807
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 9,629
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX
 9,113
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
 9,061
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX
 8,021
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
 8,013
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
 7,814
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
 7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX
 6,980
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
 6,756
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390
 6,746
Intel Core i9-13980HX
 6,713
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
 1,445