Ryzen 5 5500U vs A10-9620P

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Aggregate performance score

A10-9620P
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.65
Ryzen 5 5500U
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 25 Watt
8.43
+411%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms A10-9620P by a whopping 411% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A10-9620P and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking1985848
Place by popularitynot in top-10017
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesBristol RidgeAMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)Lucienne-U (Zen 2)
Release date1 January 2017 (7 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price$886 no data

Detailed specifications

A10-9620P and Ryzen 5 5500U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm7 nm
Die size250 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C105 °C
Number of transistors3100 Million9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on A10-9620P and Ryzen 5 5500U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketFP4FP6
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-9620P and Ryzen 5 5500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDual-Channel DDR3/DDR4-1866 Memory Controller, PCIe 3.0 x8DDR4-3200/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
AES-NIno data+
FMAno data+
AVXno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-9620P and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-9620P and Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge)AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-9620P and Ryzen 5 5500U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A10-9620P 1.65
Ryzen 5 5500U 8.43
+411%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms A10-9620P by 411% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

A10-9620P 2559
Ryzen 5 5500U 13046
+410%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms A10-9620P by 410% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A10-9620P 499
Ryzen 5 5500U 1296
+160%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms A10-9620P by 160% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A10-9620P 1099
Ryzen 5 5500U 4618
+320%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms A10-9620P by 320% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

A10-9620P 2277
Ryzen 5 5500U 5313
+133%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms A10-9620P by 133% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A10-9620P 7420
Ryzen 5 5500U 27437
+270%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms A10-9620P by 270% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

A10-9620P 14.41
Ryzen 5 5500U 6.22
+132%

A10-9620P outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 132% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

A10-9620P 3
Ryzen 5 5500U 11
+329%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms A10-9620P by 329% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

A10-9620P 230
Ryzen 5 5500U 1247
+442%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms A10-9620P by 442% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

A10-9620P 72
Ryzen 5 5500U 177
+146%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms A10-9620P by 146% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

A10-9620P 0.81
Ryzen 5 5500U 1.99
+146%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms A10-9620P by 146% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A10-9620P 1329
Ryzen 5 5500U 3945
+197%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms A10-9620P by 197% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A10-9620P 16
Ryzen 5 5500U 45
+178%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms A10-9620P by 178% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A10-9620P 77
Ryzen 5 5500U 162
+112%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms A10-9620P by 112% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.65 8.43
Integrated graphics card 2.45 7.41
Recency 1 January 2017 12 January 2021
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 25 Watt

The Ryzen 5 5500U is our recommended choice as it beats the A10-9620P in performance tests.


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