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Ryzen 5 5500U vs Ryzen 9 5950X

Ryzen 5 5500U vs Ryzen 9 5950X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5950X outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5950X is 68 days older than Ryzen 5 5500U.

Advantages of Ryzen 5 5500U

  • Consumes up to 86% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - 15 vs 105 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 9 5950X doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Ryzen 9 5950X

  • Performs up to 10% better in Remnant II than Ryzen 5 5500U - 96 vs 87 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 5500U - 32 vs 12 threads
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Remnant II

Remnant II

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Logo
Ryzen 5 5500U

Mobile • Jan 12th, 2021


FPS

87

91%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

96

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$5.2/FPS

100%

Price, CA$

CA$499

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-core, 32-thread unlocked desktop processor without cooler

Buy for CA$499 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 221 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Logo
Ryzen 5 5500U

Mobile • Jan 12th, 2021

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Logo
Ryzen 5 5500U

Mobile • Jan 12th, 2021


Single-Core

1292

59%

Multi-Core

4612

38%

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2189

100%

Multi-Core

12159

100%

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Logo

Ryzen 5 5500U

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo

Ryzen 9 5950X

Jan 12th, 2021
Release DateNov 5th, 2020
Ryzen 5CollectionRyzen 9
LucienneCodenameVermeer
AMD Socket FP6SocketAMD Socket AM4
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
16
12Threads
32
2.1 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.4 GHz
4.0 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.9 GHz
15 W
TDP105 W
7 nmProcess Size7 nm
21.0xMultiplier
34.0x
Radeon Graphics 448SP
Integrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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