Ryzen 5 5500U vs Ryzen 7 5800X

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 5800X
2020
8 cores / 16 threads, 105 Watt
17.52
+114%
Ryzen 5 5500U
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 25 Watt
8.19

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by a whopping 114% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 5800X and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking361929
Place by popularity4919
Cost-effectiveness evaluation24.46no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency15.7830.98
Architecture codenameVermeer (Zen 3) (2020−2022)Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)
Release date5 November 2020 (4 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 5800X and Ryzen 5 5500U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores8 (Octa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1612
Base clock speed3.8 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.7 GHz4 GHz
Multiplier3821
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache32 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm7 nm
Die size2 x 80.7 sq. mm; I/O = 125 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 5800X and Ryzen 5 5500U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketAM4FP6
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 5800X and Ryzen 5 5500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHAMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 5800X and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 5800X and Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GB64 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 5800X and Ryzen 5 5500U.

PCIe version4.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 7 5800X 17.52
+114%
Ryzen 5 5500U 8.19

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 7 5800X 27828
+114%
Ryzen 5 5500U 13009

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 7 5800X 2199
+70.7%
Ryzen 5 5500U 1288

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 7 5800X 10250
+126%
Ryzen 5 5500U 4529

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 7 5800X 6835
+28.6%
Ryzen 5 5500U 5313

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 7 5800X 45548
+66%
Ryzen 5 5500U 27437

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 7 5800X 15873
+72.8%
Ryzen 5 5500U 9185

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 7 5800X 3.04
+105%
Ryzen 5 5500U 6.22

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 7 5800X 29
+157%
Ryzen 5 5500U 11

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 7 5800X 2609
+109%
Ryzen 5 5500U 1247

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 7 5800X 266
+50%
Ryzen 5 5500U 177

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 7 5800X 3.09
+55.3%
Ryzen 5 5500U 1.99

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 7 5800X 15
+249%
Ryzen 5 5500U 4.3

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 7 5800X 15604
+296%
Ryzen 5 5500U 3945

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 7 5800X 152
+235%
Ryzen 5 5500U 45

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 7 5800X 339
+109%
Ryzen 5 5500U 162

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 7 5800X 10724
+97.2%
Ryzen 5 5500U 5439

Blender(-)

Ryzen 7 5800X 197
Ryzen 5 5500U 417
+112%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 7 5800X 1683
+51.9%
Ryzen 5 5500U 1108

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 7 5800X 6907
+59.7%
Ryzen 5 5500U 4324

7-Zip

Ryzen 7 5800X 72114
+114%
Ryzen 5 5500U 33768

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 7 5800X 302
+46.4%
Ryzen 5 5500U 206

CrossMark Overall

Ryzen 7 5800X 1541
+46.9%
Ryzen 5 5500U 1049

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Ryzen 7 5800X 245
+56.7%
Ryzen 5 5500U 156

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Ryzen 7 5800X 336
Ryzen 5 5500U 749
+123%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 17.52 8.19
Recency 5 November 2020 12 January 2021
Physical cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 25 Watt

Ryzen 7 5800X has a 113.9% higher aggregate performance score, and 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

Ryzen 5 5500U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months, and 320% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 7 5800X is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 5500U in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 7 5800X is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 5500U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 7 5800X and Ryzen 5 5500U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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