Ryzen 5 5500U vs Opteron 4334
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Opteron 4334 by a whopping 224% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2001 | 1134 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 35 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000) |
| Power efficiency | 1.00 | 12.29 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Seoul (2012) | Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021) |
| Release date | 4 December 2012 (12 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Opteron 4334 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 | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 6 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 3.1 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 21 |
| L1 cache | 288 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 6144 KB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 8192 KB (shared) | 8 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | 315 mm2 | 156 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,200 million | 9,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Opteron 4334 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 | C32 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 25 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 4334 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 Opteron 4334 and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 4334 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 Opteron 4334 and Ryzen 5 5500U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.23 | 7.22 |
| Recency | 4 December 2012 | 12 January 2021 |
| Threads | 6 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 25 Watt |
Ryzen 5 5500U has a 223.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 100% more threads, a 357.1% more advanced lithography process, and 280% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 5 5500U is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Opteron 4334 in performance tests.
Be aware that Opteron 4334 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 5500U is a notebook one.
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