Ryzen 5 5500U vs Pentium Dual T4500
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4500 by a whopping 877% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium Dual Core T4500 and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2560 | 912 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 14 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Pentium Dual Core | AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000) |
| Power efficiency | 2.27 | 51.67 |
| Architecture codename | Penryn (2008−2011) | Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021) |
| Release date | 1 January 2010 (14 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium Dual Core T4500 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Bus rate | 800 MHz | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 21 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 384 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 8 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | 107 mm2 | 156 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 410 million | 9,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Dual Core T4500 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 | P | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T4500 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 | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T4500 and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T4500 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 Vega 7 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Dual Core T4500 and Ryzen 5 5500U.
| PCIe version | no data | 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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.87 | 8.50 |
| Recency | 1 January 2010 | 12 January 2021 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 6 |
| Threads | 2 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 15 Watt |
Ryzen 5 5500U has a 877% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.
The Ryzen 5 5500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Dual Core T4500 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Dual Core T4500 and Ryzen 5 5500U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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