Ryzen 5 5500U vs Athlon 240GE
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Athlon 240GE by a whopping 187% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon 240GE and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1676 | 929 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 19 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 3.42 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Athlon | AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000) |
| Power efficiency | 7.71 | 31.00 |
| Architecture codename | Zen (2017−2020) | Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021) |
| Release date | 21 December 2018 (6 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $75 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Athlon 240GE 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Multiplier | 35 | 21 |
| L1 cache | 96K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 8 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | 156 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4,800 million | 9,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 240GE 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 configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | AM4 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 25 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 240GE and Ryzen 5 5500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | 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-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 240GE and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 240GE and Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 42.671 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon Vega 3 | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 240GE and Ryzen 5 5500U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 12 |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.85 | 8.19 |
| Integrated graphics card | 2.98 | 7.47 |
| Recency | 21 December 2018 | 12 January 2021 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 6 |
| Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 25 Watt |
Ryzen 5 5500U has a 187.4% higher aggregate performance score, 150.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 40% lower power consumption.
The Ryzen 5 5500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 240GE in performance tests.
Note that Athlon 240GE is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 5500U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 240GE and Ryzen 5 5500U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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