Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS vs Ryzen 5 5500U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 5500U
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 25 Watt
8.19
Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS
2024
6 cores / 12 threads, 28 Watt
13.71
+67.4%

Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by an impressive 67% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking929546
Place by popularity19not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)no data
Power efficiency30.9846.31
Architecture codenameLucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)Hawk Point (2024)
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)16 April 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1212
Base clock speed2.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz4.9 GHz
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm4 nm
Die size156 mm2178 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors9,800 million25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS 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
SocketFP6FP7
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 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+-
AVX++
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5
Maximum memory size64 GBno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz)AMD Radeon 760M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes1220

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 8.19
Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS 13.71
+67.4%

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.

Ryzen 5 5500U 13009
Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS 21773
+67.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.19 13.71
Integrated graphics card 7.47 14.91
Recency 12 January 2021 16 April 2024
Chip lithography 7 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 28 Watt

Ryzen 5 5500U has 12% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS, on the other hand, has a 67.4% higher aggregate performance score, 99.6% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 5500U in performance tests.


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