Ryzen Threadripper 7970X vs Ryzen 5 5500U

Place in performance ranking	848	11
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)	no data
Architecture codename	Lucienne-U (Zen 2)	Storm Peak
Release date	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)	no data
Current price	no data	$2399

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen Threadripper 7970X 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)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	12	64
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	5.3 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	128 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	7 nm	5 nm
Die size	156 mm²	4x 71 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	9,800 million	26,280 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen Threadripper 7970X 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	sTR5
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen Threadripper 7970X. 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	+	no data
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen Threadripper 7970X are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen Threadripper 7970X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR5
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen Threadripper 7970X.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
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

Ryzen Threadripper 7970X 62.94
+647%

Ryzen Threadripper 7970X outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 647% 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 13045

Ryzen Threadripper 7970X 97354
+646%

Ryzen Threadripper 7970X outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 646% in Passmark.