Ryzen 5 5500U vs EPYC 9754

Primary details

Comparing EPYC 9754 and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	10	848
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.62	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Architecture codename	Bergamo	Lucienne-U (Zen 2)
Release date	13 June 2023 (1 year ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price	$7724	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

EPYC 9754 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	128	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	256	12
Base clock speed	2.25 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	4 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	256 MB (shared)	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	5 nm	7 nm
Die size	8x 73 mm2	156 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	71,000 million	9,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 9754 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	2	1
Socket	SP5	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	360 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 9754 and Ryzen 5 5500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, 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	no data	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 9754 and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 9754 and Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 9754 and Ryzen 5 5500U.

PCIe version	5.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	128	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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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.

EPYC 9754 outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 650% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	63.25	8.43
Recency	13 June 2023	12 January 2021
Physical cores	128	6
Threads	256	12
Chip lithography	5 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	360 Watt	25 Watt

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