Ryzen 5 5500U vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D is ahead of the Ryzen 5 5500U on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 45% to 125%, including 99% in Cinebench R23 multi (14,304 vs 7,198).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 5500U and the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D. 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 7600X3D

Full AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D 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.

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, TopCPU.net, WCCFTech, Geekbench Browser, CPU-Monkey, GadgetVersus, NanoReview, PassMark and Tom's Hardware; 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 7600X3D
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck, TopCPU.net, WCCFTech	7,198 pts	14,304 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck, TopCPU.net	1,172 pts	1,701 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser, CPU-Monkey, GadgetVersus, WCCFTech	5,687 points	12,781 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser, CPU-Monkey, GadgetVersus, NanoReview	1,498 points	2,662 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark	12,662 CPU Mark	25,848 pts
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	2,393 points	3,605 pts
PassMark Single-Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	—	3,606 points
Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy (lower is better) Source: Tom's Hardware	—	300 rank

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 5500U or the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D?

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D is ahead of the Ryzen 5 5500U on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 45% to 125%, including 99% in Cinebench R23 multi (14,304 vs 7,198).