Ryzen 5 5500U vs Athlon 240GE

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 240GE and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1578	848
Place by popularity	not in top-100	17
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.17	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon	AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Lucienne-U (Zen 2)
Release date	21 December 2018 (5 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$75	no data
Current price	$221 (2.9x MSRP)	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
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	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

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	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
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 240GE and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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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	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

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.

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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.

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Athlon 240GE by 188% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.93	8.43
Integrated graphics card	2.98	7.40
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

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