CPU Comparison

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

4C / 8T

3.5 - 3.7 GHz

TDP: 65W

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

6C / 12T

2.1 - 4 GHz

TDP: 10W

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Benchmark Scores

C23

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X930

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U1,166

Difference: 25.4% (AMD Ryzen 5 5500U faster)

C23

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X4,641

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U7,072

Difference: 52.4% (AMD Ryzen 5 5500U faster)

C20

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X1,811

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U2,573

Difference: 42.1% (AMD Ryzen 5 5500U faster)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X1,136

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U1,445

Difference: 27.2% (AMD Ryzen 5 5500U faster)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X3,734

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U5,919

Difference: 58.5% (AMD Ryzen 5 5500U faster)

Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X918

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U1,106

Difference: 20.5% (AMD Ryzen 5 5500U faster)

Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X3,861

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U4,917

Difference: 27.4% (AMD Ryzen 5 5500U faster)

PassMark (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X2,111

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U2,453

Difference: 16.2% (AMD Ryzen 5 5500U faster)

PassMark (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X9,063

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U13,092

Difference: 44.5% (AMD Ryzen 5 5500U faster)

Specifications

Cores

Threads

3.5 GHz

Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

3.7 GHz

Boost Frequency

4 GHz

65 W

TDP

10 W

AM4

Socket

FP6

Zen

Architecture

Lucienne

14nm

Manufacturing

7nm

2017

Release Year

2021

16MB shared

L3 Cache

8MB shared

DDR4-2666

Memory Support

LPDDR4-4266

64GB

Max Memory

32GB

PCIe Version

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