Ryzen 5 5500U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600H — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The AMD Ryzen 5 5600H is ahead of the Ryzen 5 5500U on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 16% to 32%, including 32% in Cinebench R23 multi (9,466 vs 7,198).
Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 5500U and the AMD Ryzen 5 5600H. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
*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 5500U | AMD Ryzen 5 5600H |
|---|---|---|
| cores | — | 6 |
| threads | — | 12 |
| base clock ghz | — | 3.3 |
| boost clock ghz | — | 4.2 |
| tdp w | — | 45 |
| l2 cache mb | — | 3 |
| l3 cache mb | — | 16 |
| process nm | — | 7 |
| socket | — | 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, Tom's Hardware, technical.city, Puget Systems, Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB, GadgetVersus 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 5500U | AMD Ryzen 5 5600H |
|---|---|---|
| Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck, Tom's Hardware |
7,198 pts | 9,466 points |
| Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck, Tom's Hardware |
1,172 pts | 1,363 points |
| Geekbench 5 multi (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck |
— | 6,505 points |
| Geekbench 5 single (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck |
— | 1,374 points |
| Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: technical.city, Puget Systems, Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB, GadgetVersus |
5,687 points | 6,596 points |
| Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: technical.city, Puget Systems, Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB, GadgetVersus |
1,498 points | 1,729 points |
| PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
12,662 CPU Mark | 16,423 points |
| PassMark Single Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
2,393 points | 2,883 pts |
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 5500U
No verified AI inference results on file. See the Ryzen 5 5500U benchmark page →
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
No verified AI inference results on file. See the AMD Ryzen 5 5600H benchmark page →
Quick answers
Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 5500U or the AMD Ryzen 5 5600H?
The AMD Ryzen 5 5600H is ahead of the Ryzen 5 5500U on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 16% to 32%, including 32% in Cinebench R23 multi (9,466 vs 7,198).
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