AMD Ryzen 5 4500: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started AMD Ryzen 5 4500 sales 4 April 2022. This is a Renoir architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 6 cores and 12 threads, and is based on 7 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 4100 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM4 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt and a maximum temperature of 95 °C. It supports DDR4-3200 memory.

General info

Ryzen 5 4500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance rating	494
Place by popularity	57
Value for money	37.45
Market segment	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Renoir (2020−2022)
Release date	4 April 2022 (less than a year old)
Current price	$79	of 16240 (Xeon Platinum 8276L)

Technical specs

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	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	12
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	of 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	4.1 GHz	of 6 (Core i9-13900KS)
L1 cache	64K (per core)	of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	of 36864 (Apple M2 Max)
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	of 768 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography	7 nm	of 4 (Ryzen 9 7940HS)
Die size	156 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	95 °C	of 105 (Core i7-5950HQ)
Number of transistors	9,800 million	of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support	+
Unlocked multiplier	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 4500 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 (Opteron 842)
Socket	AM4
Thermal design power (TDP)	65 Watt	of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 4500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+
AVX	+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 4500's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4-3200

of 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940HS)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version

3.0

of 5 (Core i9-12900K)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Ryzen 5 4500. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Overall 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.

Relative perfomance

Overall Ryzen 5 4500 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.

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