AMD Ryzen 5 5560U vs Intel Processor N100
AMD Ryzen 5 5560U
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The AMD Ryzen 5 5560U, is a fairly fast Cezanne family processor designed for use in thinner, lighter laptops. The R5 5560U integrates six of the eight cores based on the Zen 3 microarchitecture. The cores are clocked at 2.3 (guaranteed base clock) to 4 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT for a total of 12 threads. The chip is manufactured on the modern 7 nm TSMC process.
The new Zen 3 microarchitecture offers a significantly higher IPC (instructions per clock) compared to Zen 2. For desktop processors AMD claims 19 percent on average and in applications reviews showed around 12% gains at the same clock speed.
In addition to the six CPU cores, the APU also integrates a Radeon RX Vega 6 integrated graphics card with 6 CUs at up to 1600 MHz. The dual channel memory controller supports DDR4-3200 and energy efficient LPDDR4-4266 RAM. Furthermore, 16 MB level 3 cache (up from 8 MB at the 4800U) can be found on the chip.
Performance
The Ryzen 5 is a solid upper mid-range CPU and should be only slightly slower than the Ryzen 5 5600U (+200 MHz Boost).
Power consumption
This Ryzen 5 has a default TDP of 15 W, a value that laptop makers are allowed to change to anything between 10 W and 25 W with clock speeds and performance changing accordingly as a result. By going for the lowest value possible, it is possible to build a passively cooled system around this chip. Most laptop makers, however, will do the opposite to maximize performance.
The AMD Ryzen 5 5560U is built with TSMC's 7 nm manufacturing process for average, as of mid 2023, energy efficiency.
Intel Processor N100
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The Intel Processor N100 is an entry-level mobile CPU for thin and light laptops from the Alder Lake-N series. It was announced in early 2023 and offers no performance cores and 4 of the 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The chip does not support HyperThreading and clocks with 1 to 3.4 GHz. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare to the Core i7-6700HQ). All cores can use up to 6 MB L3-cache.
Performance
The average N100 in our database delivers unimpressive multi-thread benchmark scores that are most similar to those of the Core i3-1115G4. The chip is fast enough for many day-to-day tasks, but not much more than that; the other thing to keep in mind is that of the two N100-toting systems tested by us as of October 2023, both have rather high CPU power limits. The chip will be noticeably slower if limited to just six or seven Watts.
Features
The Alder Lake-N chips only support single channel memory with up to DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 or LPDDR5-4800. The chip also supports Quick Sync and AV1 decoding (most likely same engine as in Alder Lake). Furthermore, Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 are partly integrated (but no Thunderbolt). External chips can be connected via PCIe Gen3 x9 (via the PCH).
The integrated graphics adapter is based on the Xe-architecture and offers only 24 of the 32 EUs (Execution Units) operating at only 450 - 750 MHz. Due to the single channel memory, low clock speeds, and low shader count, the gaming performance of the iGPU is very limited.
Power consumption
The N100 has a base power consumption of only 6 W and is therefore suited for fanless cooling. The CPU is built with a further improved 10nm SuperFin process at Intel (called Intel 7).
| Model | AMD Ryzen 5 5560U | Intel Processor N100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Codename | Cezanne-U (Zen 3) | Alder Lake-N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series | AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) | Intel Alder Lake-N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series: Alder Lake-N Alder Lake-N |
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| Clock | 2300 - 4000 MHz | 1000 - 3400 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L1 Cache | 384 KB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L2 Cache | 3 MB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 6 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cores / Threads | 6 / 12 | 4 / 4 4 x 3.4 GHz Intel Crestmont E-Core | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TDP | 25 Watt | 6 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Technology | 7 nm | 10 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| max. Temp. | 105 °C | 105 °C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Socket | FP6 | BGA1264 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features | DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME | DDR4-3200/DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-4800 RAM (sin. chan.), PCIe 3, GNA, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| iGPU | AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1600 MHz) | Intel UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) ( - 750 MHz) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | x86 | x86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announced | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturer | www.amd.com | ark.intel.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $128 U.S. |
Benchmarks
Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 5560U → 100% n=24
Average Benchmarks Intel Processor N100 → 52% n=24
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
