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AMD Ryzen 7 7730U vs Ryzen 5 5500U

46 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
VS
38 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 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.

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

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 7730U
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 8 integrated graphics: 2 vs 1.6 TFLOPS
  • 33% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2027 vs 1526 points
  • 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 tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 7730U
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 7 7730U +33%
2027
Ryzen 5 5500U
1526
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 7730U +41%
8485
Ryzen 5 5500U
6005
File compression 781.6 MB/sec 504.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 69 Klines/sec 32.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 163.2 pages/sec 103.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 266.1 Mpixels/sec 151.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 217.6 pages/sec 124.6 pages/sec
Background blur 35.8 images/sec 27.2 images/sec
Photo processing 64.7 images/sec 49.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.5 Mpixels/sec 8.97 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1141 & 599 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 7 7730U +22%
2916
Ryzen 5 5500U
2390
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 7730U +35%
16974
Ryzen 5 5500U
12609
Integer math 68.6 GOps/sec 44.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 36.7 GOps/sec 25.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 42M Primes/sec 26M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.4M Strings/sec 18.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.4 GBytes/sec 10.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 213 MBytes/sec 171.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 701 Frames/sec 526 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 13.8B Matrices/sec 10.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2990 & 6029 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 7730U +43%
131.16
Ryzen 5 5500U
91.95

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 40.1 PPW 16.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 565.7 PPW 240.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1131.6 PPW 504.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 8.74 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 7 7730U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-13 (johnson nick)Geekbench 6 CPU1848 / 6099
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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 7 7730U and Ryzen 5 5500U

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 5, 2023 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Zen 2 (Lucienne)
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 8 Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i7 1360P - Intel Core i5 1135G7
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (131st and 165th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
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
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 Radeon RX Vega 8 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
Ryzen 7 7730U +25%
2 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 5500U
1.6 TFLOPS
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 7730U official page AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 12

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Total votes: 147

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Comments

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