Component comparison
Ryzen 5 5600H vs Ryzen 5 5500U
Ryzen 5 5600H vs Ryzen 5 5500U — detailed CPU comparison: performance, cores, frequencies.
Advantages
A
Ryzen 5 5600H
- + Base clock (GHz) (+1.20 GHz)
- + Boost clock (GHz) (+0.20 GHz)
- + L3 cache (MB) (+8 MB)
- + Max memory (GB) (+64 GB)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+30 W)
- + Geekbench 5 (single-core) (+299)
- + Geekbench 5 (multi-core) (+1188)
- + Normalized score (+8.6)
B
Ryzen 5 5500U
Components are close in specs
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
Ryzen 5 5600H
|
Component B
Ryzen 5 5500U
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 | 2021 |
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Base clock (GHz) | 3.30 GHz (+1.20 GHz) | 2.10 GHz |
| Boost clock (GHz) | 4.20 GHz (+0.20 GHz) | 4.00 GHz |
| L1 cache (KB) | 64 KB | 64 KB |
| L2 cache (KB) | 512 KB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache (MB) | 16 MB (+8 MB) | 8 MB |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 68 GB/s | — |
| Memory channels | 2 | — |
| Max memory (GB) | 128 GB (+64 GB) | 64 GB |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 45 W (+30 W) | 15 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| Critical temp (°C) | — | 105 °C |
| PassMark (overall) | — | — |
| PassMark (single-thread) | — | — |
| Geekbench 5 (single-core) | 1,593 (+299) | 1,294 |
| Geekbench 5 (multi-core) | 5,711 (+1188) | 4,523 |
| Normalized score | 65.8 (+8.6) | 57.2 |
In both
AVX
AVX2
AES-NI
amd_v
FMA
sha
Based on the comparison:
Ryzen 5 5600H wins 8 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).