Ryzen Z2 Go vs Ryzen 5 5500U
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Ryzen Z2 Go by a small 5% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1033 | 1068 |
| Place by popularity | 20 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000) | AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+) |
| Power efficiency | 30.84 | 26.20 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | TSMC | no data |
| Architecture codename | Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021) | Rembrandt R (2025) |
| Release date | 12 January 2021 (4 years ago) | 6 January 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen Z2 Go 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 12 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4 GHz | 4.3 GHz |
| Multiplier | 21 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | 8 MB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | 156 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 9,800 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen Z2 Go 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 | no data |
| Socket | FP6 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 28 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen Z2 Go. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 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 | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen Z2 Go are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen Z2 Go. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz) | AMD Radeon 680M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen Z2 Go.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| 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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core
7-Zip Single
7-Zip
CrossMark Overall
WebXPRT 4 Overall
Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 8.04 | 7.65 |
| Integrated graphics card | 6.90 | 8.14 |
| Recency | 12 January 2021 | 6 January 2025 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 4 |
| Threads | 12 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 28 Watt |
Ryzen 5 5500U has a 5.1% higher aggregate performance score, 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and 12% lower power consumption.
Ryzen Z2 Go, on the other hand, has 18% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between AMD Ryzen 5 5500U and AMD Ryzen Z2 Go.
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