Ryzen 5 5500 vs Ryzen 5 7535HS — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The Ryzen 5 5500 leads on 1 of 2 shared benchmarks (8% in PassMark CPU Mark); the Ryzen 5 7535HS takes 1 (6% in Geekbench 6 single).
Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 5500 and the Ryzen 5 7535HS. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
Ryzen 5 7535HS
Full Ryzen 5 7535HS 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 | Ryzen 5 7535HS |
|---|---|---|
| cores | 6 | — |
| threads | 12 | — |
| base clock ghz | 3.6 | — |
| boost clock ghz | 4.2 | — |
| tdp w | 65 | — |
| l3 cache mb | 16 | — |
| process nm | 7 | — |
| socket | AMD Socket AM4 | — |
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, NanoReview, Tom's Hardware, GadgetVersus, CGDirector, PCSpecs.io, Phoronix, technical.city, HardwareDB, TechSpot and PassMark; 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 | Ryzen 5 7535HS |
|---|---|---|
| Cinebench 2024 multi (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck |
— | 459 points |
| Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core (higher is better) Source: NanoReview |
588 pts | — |
| Cinebench 2024 single (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck |
— | 83 points |
| Cinebench 2024 Single-Core (higher is better) Source: NanoReview |
82 pts | — |
| Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware, GadgetVersus, Notebookcheck, CGDirector, PCSpecs.io |
10,561 points | 9,351 pts |
| Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware, GadgetVersus, Notebookcheck, CGDirector, PCSpecs.io |
1,365 points | 1,456 pts |
| Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: Phoronix, technical.city, HardwareDB, GadgetVersus |
7,745 points | 8,527 pts |
| Geekbench 6 Multi-Core (higher is better) Source: NanoReview |
8,220 pts | — |
| Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: Phoronix, technical.city, HardwareDB, GadgetVersus |
1,902 points | 2,022 pts |
| Geekbench 6 Single-Core (higher is better) Source: NanoReview |
1,961 pts | — |
| PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: TechSpot, PassMark |
19,267 pts | 17,920 pts |
| PassMark CPU Mark single-thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
— | 3,099 points |
AI inference (tokens/sec)
Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.
Ryzen 5 5500
No verified AI inference results on file. See the Ryzen 5 5500 benchmark page →
Quick answers
Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 5500 or the Ryzen 5 7535HS?
The Ryzen 5 5500 leads on 1 of 2 shared benchmarks (8% in PassMark CPU Mark); the Ryzen 5 7535HS takes 1 (6% in Geekbench 6 single).
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