Ryzen 7 5700G vs Atom Z550

Place in the ranking	3177	452
Place by popularity	not in top-100	45
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	27.78
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Atom	AMD Ryzen 7
Power efficiency	9.46	22.49
Architecture codename	Silverthorne (2008−2010)	Cezanne (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date	8 April 2009 (15 years ago)	13 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$359

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Atom Z550 and Ryzen 7 5700G 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	1 (Single-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	16
Base clock speed	2 GHz	3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	4.6 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	533.33 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	15	38
L1 cache	56 KB (per core)	512 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	4 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	16 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Die size	24.18 mm²	AM4 (1331) mm²
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	47 million	no data
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z550 and Ryzen 7 5700G 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	PBGA441	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	2.4 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z550 and Ryzen 7 5700G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	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
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Atom Z550 and Ryzen 7 5700G technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z550 and Ryzen 7 5700G 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 Z550 and Ryzen 7 5700G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	unknown	DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	51.196 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z550 and Ryzen 7 5700G.

PCIe version

no data

3.0

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.

Atom Z550 0.24

Ryzen 7 5700G 15.45
+6338%

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.

Atom Z550 381

Ryzen 7 5700G 24537
+6340%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Atom Z550 657

Ryzen 7 5700G 6196
+843%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Atom Z550 980

Ryzen 7 5700G 38827
+3862%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Atom Z550 101.5

Ryzen 7 5700G 4.33
+2244%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.24	15.45
Recency	8 April 2009	13 April 2021
Physical cores	1	8
Threads	2	16
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	2 Watt	65 Watt

Atom Z550 has 3150% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 5700G, on the other hand, has a 6337.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 7 5700G is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom Z550 in performance tests.

Be aware that Atom Z550 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 7 5700G is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Atom Z550 and Ryzen 7 5700G, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.