Ryzen 5 5500U vs Athlon PRO 200GE
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Athlon PRO 200GE by a whopping 232% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon PRO 200GE and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 1655 | 844 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 17 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 10.10 | 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 | 1 June 2018 (6 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (3 years ago) |
| Current price | $70 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Athlon PRO 200GE 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 | 2 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 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 PRO 200GE 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 PRO 200GE 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 PRO 200GE and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 200GE 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.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon PRO 200GE and Ryzen 5 5500U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 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.
Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Athlon PRO 200GE by 232% 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%
Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Athlon PRO 200GE by 232% in Passmark.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.54 | 8.44 |
| Integrated graphics card | 2.97 | 7.43 |
| Recency | 1 June 2018 | 12 January 2021 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 6 |
| Threads | 2 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 25 Watt |
The Ryzen 5 5500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon PRO 200GE in performance tests.
Note that Athlon PRO 200GE is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 5500U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon PRO 200GE and Ryzen 5 5500U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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