Ryzen 5 5500U vs i5-1038G7
Primary details
Comparing Core i5-1038G7 and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 917 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 14 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Ice Lake | AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000) |
| Power efficiency | no data | 51.70 |
| Architecture codename | Ice Lake U (2019−2020) | Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021) |
| Release date | 4 May 2020 (4 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Core i5-1038G7 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 21 |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 384 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 3 MB |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | 8 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | no data | 156 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 9,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Core i5-1038G7 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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 |
| Socket | no data | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-1038G7 and Ryzen 5 5500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | 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 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-1038G7 and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-1038G7 and Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 64 GB |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) | AMD Radeon Vega 7 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-1038G7 and Ryzen 5 5500U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
Pros & cons summary
| Integrated graphics card | 5.41 | 7.46 |
| Recency | 4 May 2020 | 12 January 2021 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 6 |
| Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | 15 Watt |
Ryzen 5 5500U has 37.9% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 8 months, 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 86.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Core i5-1038G7 and Ryzen 5 5500U. We've got no test results to judge.
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