


In the meantime, Ryzen 5 5600U got a little more lucky it is based on the newer Zen 3 architecture and it also has higher clock speeds than what a 5500U can boast of. Ryzen 5 5500U is most similar to Ryzen 5 4600U, the most noteworthy difference between the two being the faster iGPU model of the former. One could be forgiven for thinking Ryzen 5 5500U is a renamed Ryzen 5 4500U - which is not the case. The chip is manufactured on the modern 7 nm TSMC process. The cores run at 2.1 GHz (base clock speed) to 4 GHz (highest Boost frequency possible) and feature the thread-doubling SMT technology for a total of 12 threads. The processor was unveiled in H1 2021 its six CPU cores are based on the Zen 2 microarchitecture. The AMD Ryzen 5 5500U is a hexa-core APU of the Lucienne product family designed for use in ultra-thin, upper mid-range laptops. AMD Ryzen 5 5500U ► remove from comparison
