Ryzen 5 5600H vs Atom Z2420

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Primary details

Comparing Atom Z2420 and Ryzen 5 5600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated726
Place by popularitynot in top-10046
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiencyno data22.48
Architecture codenameSaltwell (2013)Cezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date1 January 2013 (11 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom Z2420 and Ryzen 5 5600H 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 cores1 (Single-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speedno data3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed1.2 GHz4.2 GHz
Multiplierno data33
L1 cache64K (per core)384 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)3 MB
L3 cache0 KB16 MB
Chip lithography32 nm7 nm
Die size65 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors140 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z2420 and Ryzen 5 5600H 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 configuration1no data
SocketFC-MB4617FP6
Power consumption (TDP)3 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z2420 and Ryzen 5 5600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3MMX, 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
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
PAE32 Bitno data
GPIO152no data

Security technologies

Atom Z2420 and Ryzen 5 5600H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z2420 and Ryzen 5 5600H are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z2420 and Ryzen 5 5600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR4
Maximum memory size1 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth6.4 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardPowerVR SGX540 (400 MHz)AMD Radeon Vega 7

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom Z2420 and Ryzen 5 5600H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z2420 and Ryzen 5 5600H.

USB revision2.0 OTGno data
Number of USB ports1no data
UART3no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2013 12 January 2021
Physical cores 1 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 32 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 3 Watt 45 Watt

Atom Z2420 has 1400% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 5600H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 357.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Atom Z2420 and Ryzen 5 5600H. We've got no test results to judge.


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