Ryzen 5 3500X vs Atom D2550

Primary details

Comparing Atom D2550 and Ryzen 5 3500X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	884
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Atom	AMD Ryzen 5
Architecture codename	Cedarview (2011−2012)	Matisse (2019−2020)
Release date	5 January 2012 (12 years ago)	24 September 2019 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom D2550 and Ryzen 5 3500X 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	6
Base clock speed	1.86 GHz	3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.87 GHz	4.1 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	3 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm, 12 nm
Die size	66 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	176 million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Atom D2550 and Ryzen 5 3500X 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCBGA559	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom D2550 and Ryzen 5 3500X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	no data
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom D2550 and Ryzen 5 3500X are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data
VT-i	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom D2550 and Ryzen 5 3500X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	4 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	1	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	6.4 GB/s	51.196 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650

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Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom D2550 and Ryzen 5 3500X integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom D2550 and Ryzen 5 3500X.

PCI Express lanes

4

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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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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	5 January 2012	24 September 2019
Physical cores	2	6
Threads	4	6
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	65 Watt

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