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

Verdict: The AMD Ryzen 5 7430U is ahead of the Ryzen 5 5500U on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 5% to 24%, including 12% in Cinebench R23 single (1,314 vs 1,172).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 5500U and the 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 5500U

Full Ryzen 5 5500U 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 5500U	AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
cores	—	6
threads	—	12
base clock ghz	—	2.3
boost clock ghz	—	4.3
tdp w	—	15
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, Laptophia, GadgetVersus, TopCPU, Geekbench Browser, Technical.city, CpuTronic 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 7430U
7-Zip 18.03 multi (MIPS) (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck	—	35,812
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 single (higher is better) Source: Laptophia, Notebookcheck	—	79 points
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: Notebookcheck, GadgetVersus, TopCPU, Laptophia	7,198 pts	7,572 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck, GadgetVersus, Laptophia	1,172 pts	1,314 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser, TopCPU, GadgetVersus, Technical.city, Laptophia, CpuTronic, Notebookcheck	5,687 points	6,553 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser, TopCPU, GadgetVersus, Technical.city, Laptophia, CpuTronic, Notebookcheck	1,498 points	1,864 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark	12,662 CPU Mark	15,449 pts
PassMark CPU Mark single thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	—	2,899 points

Quick answers

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

The AMD Ryzen 5 7430U is ahead of the Ryzen 5 5500U on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 5% to 24%, including 12% in Cinebench R23 single (1,314 vs 1,172).