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AMD Ryzen 5 5600H vs Ryzen 5 5500U

42 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
VS
38 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

We compared two 6-core laptop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600H against the 2.1 GHz Ryzen 5 5500U. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments (5)

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5500U and 5600H
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 21% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1850 vs 1526 points
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.2 GHz vs 4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 5600H
vs
Ryzen 5 5500U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 5600H +21%
1850
Ryzen 5 5500U
1526
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 5600H +13%
6779
Ryzen 5 5500U
6005
File compression 604.2 MB/sec 504.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 53.2 Klines/sec 32.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 109.3 pages/sec 103.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 175.5 Mpixels/sec 151.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 194.4 pages/sec 124.6 pages/sec
Background blur 32.8 images/sec 27.2 images/sec
Photo processing 47.4 images/sec 49.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.8 Mpixels/sec 8.97 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 459 & 599 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 5600H +20%
2872
Ryzen 5 5500U
2390
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 5600H +30%
16362
Ryzen 5 5500U
12609
Integer math 58.3 GOps/sec 44.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 32.8 GOps/sec 25.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 46M Primes/sec 26M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21M Strings/sec 18.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.7 GBytes/sec 10.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 204.1 MBytes/sec 171.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 712 Frames/sec 526 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.1B Matrices/sec 10.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6703 & 6029 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 5600H +28%
117.32
Ryzen 5 5500U
91.95

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 8.4 PPW 16.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 125.5 PPW 240.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 303 PPW 504.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.17 PPW 3.68 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-21 -> mayankdhamiCinebench 202477 / 451
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-14 (Juuhana)Geekbench 6 CPU1851 / 7626
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-14 (Juuhachi)Geekbench 6 CPU1851 / 7436
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-12 (Juu)Geekbench 6 CPU1888 / 7373
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-03 (bluntking)Cinebench 202479 / 451
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-11 (Akhil)Cinebench 202468 / 404
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-06 (DON'T_SYBAU ❀️)Geekbench 6 CPU1515 / 6409
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-04 (Micro_review)Geekbench 6 CPU1526 / 6005
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-14 (Josh Passed)Cinebench 202469 / 315
πŸ“˜ 2024-05-30 (Wildan)Cinebench 202468 / 367
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 5600H and Ryzen 5 5500U

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 12, 2021 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Zen 2 (Lucienne)
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7 Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i5 11500H - Intel Core i5 1135G7
Successor - AMD Ryzen 5 6600H - AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (151st and 165th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33x 21x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 7 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-54 W (configurable) 10-25 W (configurable)
Socket FP6 FP6
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon RX Vega 7 Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1800 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 448 448
TMUs 28 28
ROPs 8 8
Execution Units 7 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 5600H
1.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 5500U
1.6 TFLOPS
See: Radeon RX Vega 7 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 5600H official page AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 12

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U or Ryzen 5 5600H?
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Deepak February 25, 2022 at 03:44 AM
If you can compromise with the battery on the laptop then you should go to 5600h otherwise 5500u is also good
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Nishant May 20, 2022 at 01:05 AM
Hey men, go with hp pavilion 5600h and GTX 1650 for beast processor and normal gaming I bought this laptop for 55k on Flipkart sale totally value for a money gaming laptop, and yes the battery is 53wh with a 165watt charger (gives u 6hr backup on 60hz and 5 hour backup on 144hz) so go and buy it, men, no laptop is near in competition.
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Soe July 15, 2022 at 10:41 PM
Nishant, At 55k price, you could buy HP Victus 16 5600h, 3050ti, 16GB ram, 512GB + 1tb ssd...
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Maneesh August 7, 2022 at 09:43 AM
Soe, Who is selling this config at 55k?? Dude it's at least 65k. Don't misguide.
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Guest September 18, 2022 at 03:08 PM
Hey man bus MSI bravo 15 with this processor and it has a high graphics card and beast gaming under budget. If you buy it in the sale you will get that under 50k if not 55 k is its price.
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