A6-7480 vs Ryzen 5 5500U

Place in performance ranking	848	2262
Place by popularity	17	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)	no data
Architecture codename	Lucienne-U (Zen 2)	Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release date	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)	26 October 2018 (5 years ago)
Current price	no data	$29

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5500U and A6-7480 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	2
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	3.8 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	160K
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB (shared)
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	7 nm	28 nm
Die size	156 mm²	250 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	9,800 million	3,100 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5500U and A6-7480 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	FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and A6-7480. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and A6-7480 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and A6-7480. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3-2133
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Radeon R5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and A6-7480.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	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.

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 5500U 8.43
+608%

A6-7480 1.19

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms A6-7480 by 608% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 5 5500U 13043
+610%

A6-7480 1836

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms A6-7480 by 610% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.43	1.19
Recency	12 January 2021	26 October 2018
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	2
Chip lithography	7 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	45 Watt