Athlon 5370 vs Ryzen 5 5500U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 5500U
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
8.44
+598%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Athlon 5370 by a whopping 598% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5500U and Athlon 5370 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking8482250
Place by popularity17not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.02
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)no data
Architecture codenameLucienne-U (Zen 2)Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)9 April 2014 (10 years ago)
Current priceno data$599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5500U and Athlon 5370 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads124
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz2.2 GHz
L1 cache384 KB256 KB
L2 cache3 MB2048 KB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography7 nm28 nm
Die size156 mm2107 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C76 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data90 °C
Number of transistors9,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5500U and Athlon 5370 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 configuration11
SocketFP6AM1
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Athlon 5370. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR4-3200/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, SMEno data
AES-NI++
FMA+FMA4
AVX++
PowerTuneno data-
TrueAudiono data-
PowerNowno data-
PowerGatingno data-
Out-of-band client managementno data-
VirusProtectno data-
RAIDno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Athlon 5370 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0no data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Athlon 5370. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channelsno data1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 7AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
Number of pipelinesno data128
Endurono data+
Switchable graphicsno data1
UVDno data+
VCEno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 5500U and Athlon 5370 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Athlon 5370 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkanno data1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Athlon 5370.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes124

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 8.44
+598%
Athlon 5370 1.21

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Athlon 5370 by 598% 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 13047
+599%
Athlon 5370 1867

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Athlon 5370 by 599% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.44 1.21
Recency 12 January 2021 9 April 2014
Physical cores 6 4
Threads 12 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 25 Watt

The Ryzen 5 5500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 5370 in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 5500U is a notebook processor while Athlon 5370 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 5500U and Athlon 5370, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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