AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs AMD Ryzen 7 2700U

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U and AMD Ryzen 7 2700U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics API support, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 4 more threads: 12 vs 8
  • Around 5% higher clock speed: 4.0 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
  • Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 95°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2440 vs 1818
  • Around 91% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13016 vs 6825
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 26 October 2017
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 8
Maximum frequency 4.0 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Maximum core temperature 105 °C vs 95°C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache 3 MB vs 2 MB
L3 cache 8 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2440 vs 1818
PassMark - CPU mark 13016 vs 6825

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 2700U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2440
1818
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
13016
6825
Name AMD Ryzen 5 5500U AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
PassMark - Single thread mark 2440 1818
PassMark - CPU mark 13016 6825
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 3771 0
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 645
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7007
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7007

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U AMD Ryzen 7 2700U

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 26 October 2017
OPN Tray 100-000000375 YM2700C4T4MFB
Place in performance rating 1147 1133
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop
Family AMD Ryzen Processors
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile Processors with Radeon RX Vega Graphics

Performance

Base frequency 2.1 GHz 2.2 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 384 KB
L2 cache 3 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 105 °C 95°C
Maximum frequency 4.0 GHz 3.8 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of GPU cores 6 10
Number of threads 12 8
64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
Transistor count 4500 Million
Unlocked

Memory

Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266 DDR4
Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 1800 MHz
iGPU core count 7 10
Processor graphics AMD Radeon Graphics Radeon RX Vega 10 Graphics
Graphics max frequency 1300 MHz

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 10-25 Watt 12-25 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6 FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt
Thermal Solution Not included

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0

Graphics API support

DirectX 12

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
The "Zen" Core Architecture
Video Core Next (VCN)

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)