Ryzen 5 5500U vs FX-9590
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms FX-9590 by a significant 27% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1115 | 985 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 25 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000) |
| Power efficiency | 2.76 | 30.80 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Vishera (2012−2015) | Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021) |
| Release date | 6 July 2013 (11 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
FX-9590 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 4.7 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 5 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 21 |
| L1 cache | no data | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 8192 KB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 8 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | 315 mm2 | 156 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 57 °C | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,200 million | 9,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
| P0 Vcore voltage | Min: 1.375 V - Max: 1.5375 V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on FX-9590 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 | AM3+ | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 220 Watt | 25 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-9590 and Ryzen 5 5500U. 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 | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-9590 and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-9590 and Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 64 GB |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-9590 and Ryzen 5 5500U.
| PCIe version | n/a | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 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.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 6.35 | 8.06 |
| Recency | 6 July 2013 | 12 January 2021 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 6 |
| Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 220 Watt | 25 Watt |
FX-9590 has 33.3% more physical cores.
Ryzen 5 5500U, on the other hand, has a 26.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, 50% more threads, a 357.1% more advanced lithography process, and 780% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 5 5500U is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD FX-9590 in performance tests.
Note that FX-9590 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 5500U is a notebook one.
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