Ryzen 5 5500U vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS is ahead of the Ryzen 5 5500U on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 45% to 80%, including 80% in Cinebench R23 multi (12,986 vs 7,198).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 5500U and the AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS. 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 7640HS

Full AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS 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, cpu-monkey.com, Geekbench Browser, 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 7640HS
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck, TopCPU.net, cpu-monkey.com	7,198 pts	12,986 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck, TopCPU.net	1,172 pts	1,703 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser, GadgetVersus, Notebookcheck	5,872 points	10,199 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser, GadgetVersus, Notebookcheck	1,517 points	2,466 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark	12,662 CPU Mark	22,782 pts
PassMark CPU Mark single thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	—	3,635 points
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	2,393 points	3,639 pts

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 5500U or the AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS?

The AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS is ahead of the Ryzen 5 5500U on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 45% to 80%, including 80% in Cinebench R23 multi (12,986 vs 7,198).