Ryzen 5 5500U vs Atom D2550

Primary details

Comparing Atom D2550 and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	917
Place by popularity	not in top-100	14
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency	no data	51.70
Architecture codename	Cedarview (2011−2012)	Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)
Release date	1 November 2011 (13 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom D2550 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	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	512K (per core)	3 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	8 MB (shared)
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 D2550 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 D2550 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
PAE	36 Bit	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom D2550 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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 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 Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650

AMD Radeon Vega 7

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom D2550 and Ryzen 5 5500U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom D2550 and Ryzen 5 5500U.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	4	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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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 November 2011	12 January 2021
Physical cores	2	6
Threads	4	12
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	15 Watt

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