Pentium G5500: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Based on a Coffee Lake architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems.
Compatibility-wise, this is Intel Socket 1151 processor with a TDP of 51 Watt and a maximum temperature of 72 °C. It supports DDR4 memory.
Primary details
Pentium G5500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Architecture codename | Coffee Lake (2017−2019) | |
| Release date | no data |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Boost clock speed | 3.8 GHz | of 50 MHz (i486DX-50) |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | of 7475.2 KB (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | of 98304 KB (EPYC 9654) |
| L3 cache | 6144 KB (shared) | of 1179648 KB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | of 0.18 µm (K6-2+/450ACZ) |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 72 °C | of 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium G5500 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H) |
| Socket | 1151 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 51 Watt | of 400 Watt (EPYC 9684X) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium G5500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| TSX | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium G5500's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 |
Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Pentium G5500, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Pentium G5500 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 29 configurations using Pentium G5500 in our database.
