Atom Z500 vs Ryzen 5 4500U
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 4500U and Atom Z500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1012 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) | Intel Atom |
| Power efficiency | 26.01 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Renoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021) | Silverthorne (2008−2010) |
| Release date | 6 January 2020 (4 years ago) | 2 April 2008 (16 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $45 |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 4500U and Atom Z500 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 | 0.8 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | FSB |
| Bus rate | no data | 400 MT/s |
| Multiplier | 23 | 8 |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | 56 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 11 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 156 mm2 | 24.18 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | 9800 Million | 47 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 0.80 -1.1V |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 4500U and Atom Z500 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FP6 | PBGA441 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 0.65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Atom Z500. 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 | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| 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 | + |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
Security technologies
Ryzen 5 4500U and Atom Z500 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 Ryzen 5 4500U and Atom Z500 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 Ryzen 5 4500U and Atom Z500. 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) | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Atom Z500.
| 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 January 2020 | 2 April 2008 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 1 |
| Threads | 6 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 45 nm |
Ryzen 5 4500U has an age advantage of 11 years, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 4500U and Atom Z500. We've got no test results to judge.
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