Intel Core Ultra 7 255H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core Ultra 7 255H with 16 cores 2.0GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with 6 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Core Ultra 7 255H 's Advantages
Released 4 years late
Higher specification of memory (8400 vs 4266)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)
Larger L3 cache size (24MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 7nm)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.1GHz vs 2.0GHz)
Lower TDP (25W vs 28W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
+73%
2029
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1168
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
+190%
20521
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
7059
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
+95%
2823
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1445
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
+164%
15662
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
5919
General Parameters
Jan 2025
Release Date
Jan 2021
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Arrow Lake
Core Architecture
Lucienne
255H
Processor Number
-
FCBGA-2049
Socket
FP6
Arc Graphics 140T
Integrated Graphics
Radeon RX Vega 7
Package
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
20-28 W
Power Consumption
10-25 W
115 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
110 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
105 °C
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
6
6
Performance Core Threads
12
2.0 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.1 GHz
5.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4 GHz
10
Efficiency Cores
-
10
Efficiency Core Threads
-
1.5 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
4.4 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
16
Total Core Count
6
16
Total Thread Count
12
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
20
Multiplier
21x
112 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
2 MB per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
24 MB shared
L3 Cache
8 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5-8400,LPDDR5x-8400,DDR5-6400
Memory Types
DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266
128 GB
Max Memory Size
32 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
2250 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1800 MHz
-
Shader Units
448
-
Texture Units
28
-
Raster Operation Units
7
-
Power Consumption
10-45 W
-
Graphics Performance
1.108 TFLOPS
