Ryzen 9 5900H vs Ryzen 5 5500U

Place in performance ranking	827	514
Place by popularity	17	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Architecture codename	Lucienne-U (Zen 2)	Cezanne U (Zen 3) (2021−2022)
Release date	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)	7 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen 9 5900H 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 cores	6 (Hexa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	12	16
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	4.6 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	512 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	4 MB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	16 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm	7 nm
Die size	156 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	9,800 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen 9 5900H 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 configuration	1	no data
Socket	FP6	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen 9 5900H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	DDR4-3200/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	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	+	no data
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen 9 5900H are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen 9 5900H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	no data
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen 9 5900H.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	12	no data

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 5 5500U 8.44

Ryzen 9 5900H 13.29
+57.5%

Ryzen 9 5900H outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 57% based on our aggregated 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 5 5500U 13058

Ryzen 9 5900H 20557
+57.4%

Ryzen 9 5900H outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 57% in Passmark.