Celeron N6211 vs Ryzen 5 5500U

#ad 
Buy on Amazon
VS
#ad 
Buy on Amazon

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 5500U
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 25 Watt
8.37
+481%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Celeron N6211 by a whopping 481% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5500U and Celeron N6211 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking8382081
Place by popularity17not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data3.62
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)Elkhart Lake
Architecture codenameLucienne-U (Zen 2)Elkhart Lake
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)17 July 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$54
Current priceno data$240 (4.4x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5500U and Celeron N6211 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads122
Base clock speed2.1 GHz1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)1.5 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography7 nm10 nm
Die size156 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors9,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5500U and Celeron N6211 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 configuration1no data
SocketFP6BGA1493
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt6.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Celeron N6211. 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+no data
AVX+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Celeron N6211 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Celeron N6211. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GBno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Celeron N6211.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes12no 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 8.37
+481%
Celeron N6211 1.44

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Celeron N6211 by 481% 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 13055
+482%
Celeron N6211 2245

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Celeron N6211 by 482% in Passmark.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Ryzen 5 5500U 5313
+97.1%
Celeron N6211 2696

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Celeron N6211 by 97% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 5 5500U 27437
+485%
Celeron N6211 4693

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Celeron N6211 by 485% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen 5 5500U 6.22
+698%
Celeron N6211 49.66

Celeron N6211 outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 698% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Ryzen 5 5500U 11
+592%
Celeron N6211 2

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Celeron N6211 by 592% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 5 5500U 1247
+874%
Celeron N6211 128

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Celeron N6211 by 874% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 5 5500U 177
+133%
Celeron N6211 76

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Celeron N6211 by 133% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Ryzen 5 5500U 1.99
+105%
Celeron N6211 0.97

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Celeron N6211 by 105% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 5500U 4.3
+339%
Celeron N6211 1

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Celeron N6211 by 339% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 5500U 3945
+440%
Celeron N6211 731

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Celeron N6211 by 440% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 5500U 45
+353%
Celeron N6211 10

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Celeron N6211 by 353% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 5500U 162
+259%
Celeron N6211 45

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Celeron N6211 by 259% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.37 1.44
Integrated graphics card 7.43 1.33
Recency 12 January 2021 17 July 2022
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 2
Chip lithography 7 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 6 Watt

The Ryzen 5 5500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N6211 in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 5500U is a notebook processor while Celeron N6211 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 5500U and Celeron N6211, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.


AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Ryzen 5 5500U
Intel Celeron N6211
Celeron N6211

Similar processor comparisons

We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.

Community ratings

Here you can see how users rate the processors, as well as rate them yourself.


2.7 17704 votes

Rate Ryzen 5 5500U on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
2.3 4 votes

Rate Celeron N6211 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about Ryzen 5 5500U or Celeron N6211, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.