Ryzen 5 3550H vs Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U
2017
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.19
Ryzen 5 3550H
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 35 Watt
4.89
+16.7%

Ryzen 5 3550H outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U by a moderate 17% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Ryzen 5 3550H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking13911246
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency26.4413.22
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Ryzen 5 3550H 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads88
Base clock speed2 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplier2021
L1 cache128K (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm12 nm
Die size246 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 °C
Number of transistors4950 Million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Ryzen 5 3550H 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP5FP5
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Ryzen 5 3550H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI++
AVX++
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Ryzen 5 3550H are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Ryzen 5 3550H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s38.4 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1100 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Ryzen 5 3550H.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1212

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 PRO 2500U 4.19
Ryzen 5 3550H 4.89
+16.7%

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.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 6657
Ryzen 5 3550H 7760
+16.6%

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.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 878
Ryzen 5 3550H 944
+7.5%

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.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 2567
Ryzen 5 3550H 2863
+11.5%

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.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 4349
Ryzen 5 3550H 4592
+5.6%

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.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 14336
Ryzen 5 3550H 19521
+36.2%

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.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 5635
Ryzen 5 3550H 7174
+27.3%

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.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 12.36
Ryzen 5 3550H 7.67
+61.1%

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.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 6
Ryzen 5 3550H 9
+40.6%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 553
Ryzen 5 3550H 742
+34.2%

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.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 134
Ryzen 5 3550H 144
+7.5%

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.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 1.55
Ryzen 5 3550H 1.65
+6.5%

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.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 3.4
Ryzen 5 3550H 4.7
+38.2%

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.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 2700
Ryzen 5 3550H 2929
+8.5%

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.  

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 34
Ryzen 5 3550H 44
+30.6%

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.  

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 98
Ryzen 5 3550H 147
+50.3%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 3135
Ryzen 5 3550H 3281
+4.7%

Blender(-)

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 1007
+52.8%
Ryzen 5 3550H 659

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 887
Ryzen 5 3550H 899
+1.4%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 4102
+15.6%
Ryzen 5 3550H 3548

7-Zip

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 2794
Ryzen 5 3550H 17978
+543%

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 12422
Ryzen 5 3550H 14437
+16.2%

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 3326
Ryzen 5 3550H 3353
+0.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.19 4.89
Recency 26 October 2017 6 January 2019
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U has 133.3% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 3550H, on the other hand, has a 16.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 3550H is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U in performance tests.


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