Ryzen 5 5500U vs Ryzen 3 1300X

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 1300X
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
4.51
Ryzen 5 5500U
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 25 Watt
8.43
+86.9%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Ryzen 3 1300X by an impressive 87% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 1300X and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking1258848
Place by popularitynot in top-10017
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.58no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 3AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Lucienne-U (Zen 2)
Release date27 July 2017 (6 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$129no data
Current price$60 (0.5x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 1300X and Ryzen 5 5500U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed3.4 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die size192 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors4,800 million9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 1300X and Ryzen 5 5500U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4FP6
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 1300X and Ryzen 5 5500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTDDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMAno data+
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 1300X and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 1300X and Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 1300X and Ryzen 5 5500U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes2012

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 3 1300X 4.51
Ryzen 5 5500U 8.43
+86.9%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Ryzen 3 1300X by 87% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 3 1300X 6970
Ryzen 5 5500U 13046
+87.2%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Ryzen 3 1300X by 87% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 3 1300X 1093
Ryzen 5 5500U 1296
+18.6%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Ryzen 3 1300X by 19% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 3 1300X 3124
Ryzen 5 5500U 4617
+47.8%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Ryzen 3 1300X by 48% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Ryzen 3 1300X 4676
Ryzen 5 5500U 5313
+13.6%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Ryzen 3 1300X by 14% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 3 1300X 16094
Ryzen 5 5500U 27437
+70.5%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Ryzen 3 1300X by 70% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 3 1300X 6310
Ryzen 5 5500U 9185
+45.6%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Ryzen 3 1300X by 46% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen 3 1300X 10.8
Ryzen 5 5500U 6.22
+73.6%

Ryzen 3 1300X outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 74% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Ryzen 3 1300X 6
Ryzen 5 5500U 11
+79.1%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Ryzen 3 1300X by 79% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 3 1300X 558
Ryzen 5 5500U 1247
+123%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Ryzen 3 1300X by 123% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 3 1300X 152
Ryzen 5 5500U 177
+16.4%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Ryzen 3 1300X by 16% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Ryzen 3 1300X 1.72
Ryzen 5 5500U 1.99
+15.7%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Ryzen 3 1300X by 16% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 3 1300X 3
Ryzen 5 5500U 4.3
+43.3%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Ryzen 3 1300X by 43% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 3 1300X 2677
Ryzen 5 5500U 3945
+47.4%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Ryzen 3 1300X by 47% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 3 1300X 38
Ryzen 5 5500U 45
+18%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Ryzen 3 1300X by 18% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 3 1300X 182
+11.9%
Ryzen 5 5500U 162

Ryzen 3 1300X outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 12% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.51 8.43
Recency 27 July 2017 12 January 2021
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 25 Watt

The Ryzen 5 5500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 3 1300X in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 3 1300X is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 5500U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 3 1300X and Ryzen 5 5500U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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