Ryzen 5 5500U vs Pentium Dual T4500

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Dual Core T4500
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.84
Ryzen 5 5500U
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 25 Watt
8.19
+875%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4500 by a whopping 875% 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 ranking2584929
Place by popularitynot in top-10019
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual CoreAMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency2.2730.98
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)
Release date1 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 cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz4 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
Multiplierno data21
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm
Die size107 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors410 million9,800 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 configuration11
SocketPFP6
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt25 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 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

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 typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Dual Core T4500 and Ryzen 5 5500U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

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.

Pentium Dual T4500 0.84
Ryzen 5 5500U 8.19
+875%

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.

Pentium Dual T4500 1336
Ryzen 5 5500U 13009
+874%

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.

Pentium Dual T4500 2331
Ryzen 5 5500U 5313
+128%

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.

Pentium Dual T4500 4337
Ryzen 5 5500U 27437
+533%

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.

Pentium Dual T4500 1898
Ryzen 5 5500U 9185
+384%

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.

Pentium Dual T4500 35.7
Ryzen 5 5500U 6.22
+474%

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.

Pentium Dual T4500 1
Ryzen 5 5500U 11
+813%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.84 8.19
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 25 Watt

Ryzen 5 5500U has a 875% 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 40% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 5500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Dual Core T4500 in performance tests.


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