[Comparison] AMD Ryzen 3 5300U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U – A fight between two brothers

LaptopMedia.com Comparisons [Comparison] AMD Ryzen 3 5300U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U - A fight between two brothers

From: Severin Kolakov 01 July 2021 / 05:00 | 0

Today we have two tricksters. The Ryzen 3 5300U and the Ryzen 5 5500U both use the 5000 name, while being built on the Zen 2 architecture. By now, they have probably managed to trick a lot of consumers, so hats off to AMD.

Despite using older technology, the processors still pack a good amount of performance, both in the 2D and 3D Rendering fields. They also come with the RX Vega 6 (15W) and RX Vega 7 (15W) iGPUs, which do a fine job at productivity tasks, while also being able to offer decent gaming performance, with mainly esports titles.

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You can find more information about both CPUs here: AMD Ryzen 3 5300U / Ryzen 5 5500U

Specs table

	AMD Ryzen 3 5300U	AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Architecture	Zen 2	Zen 2
Cores / Threads	4/8	6/12
Clock Speeds – Base/Boost	2.60 – 3.80GHz	2.10 – 4.00GHz
Cache	6MB	11MB
Lithography	7nm	7nm
TDP	15W	15W
Memory type	DDR4–3200MHz, LPDDR4x–4266MHz	DDR4-3200MHz, LPDDR4x-4266MHz
Integrated GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000, 15W)	AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Ryzen 4000/5000, 15W)

CPU benchmarks

The Ryzen 5 5500U performed better in both 3D and 2D Rendering. In Cinebench 20, the CPU scored 19% higher, while being 2.25 seconds faster in the Photoshop test, which is a big deal.

3D Rendering

Results are from the Cinebench R23 CPU test (the higher the score, the better)

AMD Ryzen 3 5300U Lenovo IdeaPad 3 14

5424

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U ASUS ZenBook 13 OLED UM325

6436

GPU benchmarks

The RX Vega 7 that was inside the Ryzen 5 5500U performed better. It had 29%, 78%, and 19% increased performance in 3DMark Fire Strike, Unigine Heaven 4.0, and Unigine Superposition, respectively. The gaming tests went in favor of the Ryzen 5 as well, with its iGPU having an overall higher FPS in both CS:GO and Dota 2.

3DMark Time Spy (G)

The results are from 3DMark Time Spy (Graphics). Higher is better.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (R4000/5000, 15W) Lenovo IdeaPad 3 14

864

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (R4000/5000, 15W) ASUS ZenBook 13 OLED UM325

1034

3DMark Fire Strike (G)

Results are from 3DMark Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (R4000/5000, 15W) Lenovo IdeaPad 3 14

2675

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (R4000/5000, 15W) ASUS ZenBook 13 OLED UM325

3457

Unigine Superposition

Results are from the Unigine Superposition benchmark (higher the score, the better)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (R4000/5000, 15W) Lenovo IdeaPad 3 14

505

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (R4000/5000, 15W) ASUS ZenBook 13 OLED UM325

601

Gaming tests

cs-go-benchmarks

CS:GO	HD 1080p, Low (Check settings)	HD 1080p, Medium (Check settings)	HD 1080p, MAX (Check settings)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000, 15W)	107 fps (+4%)	66 fps	44 fps
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Ryzen 4000/5000, 15W)	103 fps	72 fps (+9%)	51 fps (+16%)

DOTA 2	HD 1080p, Low (Check settings)	HD 1080p, Normal (Check settings)	HD 1080p, High (Check settings)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000, 15W)	106 fps	68 fps	36 fps
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Ryzen 4000/5000, 15W)	113 fps (+7%)	75 fps (+10%)	43 fps (+19%)

Conclusion

The Ryzen 5 5500U is the clear winner in this comparison, which is completely expected. After all, it is in a higher price class, so it would be a disgrace to have it lose to a Ryzen 3 CPU. Now, the question of “Which one should you pick?” arises. We would say to go for the Ryzen 5 5500U because laptops with it come at a fairly reasonable price that is quite close to laptops with the Ryzen 3 5300U. This essentially means that you’ll be getting more performance at a slightly higher price, which is great. Still, if you manage to find a good deal on laptops with any of these processors, feel free to buy them as they offer good performance and even better efficiency.