Athlon XP 1500+ vs Ryzen 5 4500U
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 4500U and Athlon XP 1500+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1015 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) | no data |
| Power efficiency | 26.01 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Renoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021) | Palomino (2001) |
| Release date | 6 January 2020 (4 years ago) | October 2001 (23 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 4500U and Athlon XP 1500+ 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 | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 6 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 4 GHz | 1.33 GHz |
| Multiplier | 23 | no data |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 256 KB |
| L3 cache | 11 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 180 nm |
| Die size | 156 mm2 | 150 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 9800 Million | 63 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 4500U and Athlon XP 1500+ 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 | FP6 | A |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 60 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Athlon XP 1500+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Athlon XP 1500+ are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Athlon XP 1500+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 68.27 GB/s | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Athlon XP 1500+.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 6 | 1 |
| Threads | 6 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 60 Watt |
Ryzen 5 4500U has 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, a 2471.4% more advanced lithography process, and 140% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 4500U and Athlon XP 1500+. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Ryzen 5 4500U is a notebook processor while Athlon XP 1500+ is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 4500U and Athlon XP 1500+, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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