Ryzen 5 5500U vs Pentium E6800

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium E6800
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.77
Ryzen 5 5500U
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
8.50
+1004%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Pentium E6800 by a whopping 1004% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E6800 and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2657914
Place by popularitynot in top-10014
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency1.0851.67
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)
Release date29 August 2010 (14 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$831no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium E6800 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 speed3.33 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed0.33 GHz4 GHz
Multiplierno data21
L1 cache64 KB (per core)384 KB
L2 cache2 MB (shared)3 MB
L3 cache0 KB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm
Die size82 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °C105 °C
Number of transistors228 million9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E6800 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
SocketLGA775FP6
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E6800 and Ryzen 5 5500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3MMX, 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
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data

Security technologies

Pentium E6800 and Ryzen 5 5500U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E6800 and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E6800 and Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E6800 and Ryzen 5 5500U.

PCIe version2.03.0
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 E6800 0.77
Ryzen 5 5500U 8.50
+1004%

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 E6800 1177
Ryzen 5 5500U 13015
+1006%

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.

Pentium E6800 396
Ryzen 5 5500U 1285
+224%

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.

Pentium E6800 710
Ryzen 5 5500U 4529
+538%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.77 8.50
Recency 29 August 2010 12 January 2021
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 5500U has a 1003.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 5500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium E6800 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium E6800 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 5500U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium E6800 and Ryzen 5 5500U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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