Athlon X4 845 vs Ryzen 5 5500GT

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon X4 845 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	519	1656
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	81.30	1.38
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Cezanne (2021−2022)	Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release date	8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)	2 February 2016 (8 years ago)
Current price	$125	$50

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 5 5500GT has 5791% better value for money than Athlon X4 845.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon X4 845 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	12	4
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	3.8 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	320K
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	16 MB	no data
Chip lithography	7 nm	28 nm
Die size	180 mm2	250 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	95 °C	74 °C
Number of transistors	10,700 million	3,100 million
64 bit support	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon X4 845 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	AM4	FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon X4 845. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon X4 845 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon X4 845. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4

DDR3-2133

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon Vega 7

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon X4 845.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	8

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

Ryzen 5 5500GT outperforms Athlon X4 845 by 437% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	13.21	2.46
Recency	8 January 2024	2 February 2016
Physical cores	6	4
Threads	12	4
Chip lithography	7 nm	28 nm

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