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Ryzen 5 3550H vs Ryzen 7 2700X — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Ryzen 7 2700X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 3550H on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 21% to 173%, including 173% in Cinebench R23 multi (10,715 vs 3,930).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 3550H and the Ryzen 7 2700X. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Specs side-by-side

SpecRyzen 5 3550HRyzen 7 2700X
cores 48
threads 816
base clock ghz 2.13.7
boost clock ghz 3.7—
tdp w 35105
l3 cache mb 4—
process nm 12—
socket AMD Socket FP5—

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Gamers Nexus, GadgetVersus, CGDirector, Notebookcheck, Geekbench Browser, NanoReview, PassMark Software and numberworld.org; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRyzen 5 3550HRyzen 7 2700X
7-Zip Decompression (higher is better)
Source: Gamers Nexus		 —89,000 MIPS
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: GadgetVersus, CGDirector, Notebookcheck		 3,930 points10,715 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: GadgetVersus, CGDirector, Notebookcheck		 886 points1,110 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: Geekbench Browser, NanoReview		 2,832 points6,487 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: Geekbench Browser, NanoReview		 940 points1,269 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark Software		 7,627 points17,434 points
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better)
Source: PassMark Software		 2,000 points2,413 points
Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better)
Source: numberworld.org		 —78

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 3550H or the Ryzen 7 2700X?

The Ryzen 7 2700X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 3550H on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 21% to 173%, including 173% in Cinebench R23 multi (10,715 vs 3,930).

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