Ryzen 5 5500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7430U — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Ryzen 5 5500 is ahead of the AMD Ryzen 5 7430U on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 2% to 39%, including 39% in Cinebench R23 multi (10,561 vs 7,572).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 5500 and the AMD Ryzen 5 7430U. Released 2022 (Ryzen 5 5500), 2023 (AMD Ryzen 5 7430U). Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

AMD · Zen 3

Ryzen 5 5500

6 cores65W TDP$159 MSRP2022

Full Ryzen 5 5500 benchmarks →

AMD · Zen 4

AMD Ryzen 5 7430U

6 cores15W TDP2023

Full AMD Ryzen 5 7430U benchmarks →

*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

Spec	Ryzen 5 5500	AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
cores	6	6
threads	12	12
base clock ghz	3.6	2.3
boost clock ghz	4.2	4.3
tdp w	65	15
l2 cache mb	—	3
l3 cache mb	16	16
process nm	7	7
socket	AMD Socket AM4	FP6

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Notebookcheck, Laptophia, NanoReview, GadgetVersus, CGDirector, PCSpecs.io, TopCPU, Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB, Technical.city and CpuTronic; 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.

Benchmark	Ryzen 5 5500	AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
7-Zip 18.03 multi (MIPS) (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck	—	35,812 MIPS
Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU (seconds, lower is better) (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck	—	788
Cinebench 2024 multi (higher is better) Source: Laptophia, Notebookcheck	—	400 points
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core (higher is better) Source: NanoReview	588 pts	—
Cinebench 2024 single (higher is better) Source: Laptophia, Notebookcheck	—	79 points
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core (higher is better) Source: NanoReview	82 pts	—
Cinebench R20 multi (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck	—	2,827 points
Cinebench R20 single (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck	—	507 points
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: GadgetVersus, CGDirector, PCSpecs.io, Notebookcheck, TopCPU, Laptophia	10,561 points	7,572 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: GadgetVersus, CGDirector, PCSpecs.io, Notebookcheck, Laptophia	1,365 points	1,314 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB, TopCPU, Technical.city, GadgetVersus, Laptophia, CpuTronic, Notebookcheck	7,745 points	6,553 points
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core (higher is better) Source: NanoReview	8,220 pts	—

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 5500 or the AMD Ryzen 5 7430U?

The Ryzen 5 5500 is ahead of the AMD Ryzen 5 7430U on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 2% to 39%, including 39% in Cinebench R23 multi (10,561 vs 7,572).