Ryzen 5 5500U vs Celeron 1017U

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron 1017U
2013
2 cores / 2 threads, 17 Watt
0.97
Ryzen 5 5500U
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
8.42
+768%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Celeron 1017U by a whopping 768% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 1017U and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2442884
Place by popularitynot in top-10016
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel CeleronAMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge (2012−2013)Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)
Release date1 July 2013 (11 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron 1017U 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 cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speedno data2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz4 GHz
Multiplierno data21
L1 cache128 KB384 KB
L2 cache512 KB3 MB
L3 cache2 MB8 MB
Chip lithography22 nm7 nm
Die size94 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 °C
Number of transistorsno data9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 1017U 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1023FP6
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 1017U and Ryzen 5 5500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 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
Thermal Monitoring+-

Security technologies

Celeron 1017U 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 Celeron 1017U and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 1017U and Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 1017U and Ryzen 5 5500U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanes1612

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.

Celeron 1017U 0.97
Ryzen 5 5500U 8.42
+768%

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.

Celeron 1017U 1508
Ryzen 5 5500U 13031
+764%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Celeron 1017U 269
Ryzen 5 5500U 1293
+381%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Celeron 1017U 457
Ryzen 5 5500U 4558
+897%

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.

Celeron 1017U 2201
Ryzen 5 5500U 5313
+141%

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.

Celeron 1017U 4155
Ryzen 5 5500U 27437
+560%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Celeron 1017U 1719
Ryzen 5 5500U 9185
+434%

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.

Celeron 1017U 46.38
Ryzen 5 5500U 6.22
+646%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Celeron 1017U 1
Ryzen 5 5500U 11
+778%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Celeron 1017U 0.61
Ryzen 5 5500U 1.99
+226%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Celeron 1017U 0.1
Ryzen 5 5500U 4.3
+2971%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Celeron 1017U 1150
Ryzen 5 5500U 3945
+243%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Celeron 1017U 8
Ryzen 5 5500U 45
+499%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Celeron 1017U 42
Ryzen 5 5500U 162
+287%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.97 8.42
Integrated graphics card 0.63 7.42
Recency 1 July 2013 12 January 2021
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 22 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 5500U has a 768% higher aggregate performance score, 1077.8% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 7 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, a 214.3% more advanced lithography process, and 13.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 5500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron 1017U in performance tests.


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