AMD Ryzen 7 5825U vs Ryzen 5 5500U
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5825U with 8-cores against the 2.1 GHz Ryzen 5 5500U with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5825U
- Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
- Has 2 more physical cores
- More powerful AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000) integrated graphics: 2 vs 1.6 TFLOPS
- 27% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1943 vs 1526 points
- Newer - released 1 year later
- 13% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
- More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 577.5 MB/sec | 504.2 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 63.5 Klines/sec | 32.5 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 107.2 pages/sec | 103.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 192.2 Mpixels/sec | 151.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 194.6 pages/sec | 124.6 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 32.2 images/sec | 27.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 46.4 images/sec | 49.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 16 Mpixels/sec | 8.97 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 70.7 GOps/sec | 44.4 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 37.7 GOps/sec | 25.6 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 47M Primes/sec | 26M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 23.1M Strings/sec | 18.7M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 13.8 GBytes/sec | 10.2 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 218.2 MBytes/sec | 171.4 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 777 Frames/sec | 526 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 14.2B Matrices/sec | 10.7B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 35.3 PPW | 16.2 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 470.3 PPW | 240.2 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1187.9 PPW | 504.4 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 8.79 PPW | 3.68 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
AMD Ryzen 7 5825U
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-08-11 (Akhil) | Cinebench 2024 | 68 / 404 |
| π 2025-06-06 (DON'T_SYBAU β€οΈ) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1515 / 6409 |
| π 2025-06-04 (Micro_review) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1526 / 6005 |
| π 2025-05-14 (Josh Passed) | Cinebench 2024 | 69 / 315 |
| π 2024-05-30 (Wildan) | Cinebench 2024 | 68 / 367 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 5825U and Ryzen 5 5500UGeneral
| Vendor | Amd | Amd |
| Released | January 4, 2022 | January 12, 2021 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | - | Zen 2 (Lucienne) |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000) | Radeon RX Vega 7 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Intel Core i7 1270P | - Intel Core i5 1135G7 |
| Successor | - AMD Ryzen 7 7730U | - AMD Ryzen 5 7520U |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (142nd and 165th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.0 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.5 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Total Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 20x | 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
| Transistors | 10.7 billions | - |
| Fabrication Process | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 15 W | 10-25 W (configurable) |
| Socket | FP6 | FP6 |
| Peak Temperature | 95Β°C | 105Β°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000) | Radeon RX Vega 7 |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2000 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Shading Units | 512 | 448 |
| TMUs | 32 | 28 |
| ROPs | 8 | 8 |
| Execution Units | 8 | 7 |
| TGP | 25 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 7 compared to Vega 8
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR4x-4267 |
- DDR4-3200 - LPDDR4-4266 |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC Support | Yes | No |
Misc
| Official Site | AMD Ryzen 7 5825U official page | AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 | 12 |
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