Pentium Gold G5500T vs Ryzen 9 9955HX
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 9 9955HX outperforms Pentium Gold G5500T by a whopping 1276% 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 | 185 | 1979 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 0.75 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045) | Intel Pentium Gold |
| Power efficiency | 49.37 | 5.64 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Fire Range-HX (Zen 5) (2025) | Coffee Lake (2017−2019) |
| Release date | 6 January 2025 (less than a year ago) | 2 April 2018 (7 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $75 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 9 9955HX and Pentium Gold G5500T 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 | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 32 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 5.4 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 32 |
| L1 cache | 1.3 MB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 64 MB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | no data | 14 nm |
| Die size | no data | 126 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 88 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 72 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 9 9955HX and Pentium Gold G5500T 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 | no data | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | no data | FCLGA1151 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 9955HX and Pentium Gold G5500T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
Security technologies
Ryzen 9 9955HX and Pentium Gold G5500T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
| Secure Key | no data | + |
| MPX | - | + |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® ME |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 9955HX and Pentium Gold G5500T are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 9955HX and Pentium Gold G5500T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4-2400 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 610M ( - 2200 MHz) | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
| Max video memory | no data | 64 GB |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Clear Video | no data | + |
| Clear Video HD | no data | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 1.05 GHz |
| InTru 3D | no data | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 9 9955HX and Pentium Gold G5500T integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 3 |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 9 9955HX and Pentium Gold G5500T integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | no data | + |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | no data | 4096x2304@24Hz |
| Max resolution over eDP | no data | 4096x2304@60Hz |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | no data | 4096x2304@60Hz |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Ryzen 9 9955HX and Pentium Gold G5500T integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | 12 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.5 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 9955HX and Pentium Gold G5500T.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 16 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 28.35 | 2.06 |
| Integrated graphics card | 2.62 | 2.83 |
| Recency | 6 January 2025 | 2 April 2018 |
| Physical cores | 16 | 2 |
| Threads | 32 | 4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 35 Watt |
Ryzen 9 9955HX has a 1276.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads.
Pentium Gold G5500T, on the other hand, has 8% faster integrated GPU, and 57.1% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Gold G5500T in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen 9 9955HX is a notebook processor while Pentium Gold G5500T is a desktop one.
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