Ryzen 5 5500U vs Atom D2500
Primary details
Comparing Atom D2500 and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 897 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 15 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Atom | AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000) |
| Architecture codename | Cedarview (2011−2012) | Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021) |
| Release date | 28 December 2011 (12 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Atom D2500 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 | 1.86 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.87 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 21 |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 384 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 8 MB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | 66 mm2 | 156 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 176 million | 9,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Atom D2500 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 | 1 |
| Socket | FCBGA559 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom D2500 and Ryzen 5 5500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 | 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 | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | - | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| PAE | 36 Bit | no data |
| AMT | - | no data |
| Status | Discontinued | no data |
| HD Audio | + | no data |
Security technologies
Atom D2500 and Ryzen 5 5500U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom D2500 and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom D2500 and Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | 1 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 6.4 GB/s | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel GMA | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Atom D2500 and Ryzen 5 5500U integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 2 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom D2500 and Ryzen 5 5500U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 4 | 12 |
| Total number of SATA ports | 2 | no data |
| Number of USB ports | 8 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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
| Recency | 28 December 2011 | 12 January 2021 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 6 |
| Threads | 2 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 15 Watt |
Atom D2500 has 50% lower power consumption.
Ryzen 5 5500U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 357.1% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Atom D2500 and Ryzen 5 5500U. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Atom D2500 and Ryzen 5 5500U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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