Ryzen 5 5500U vs EPYC 7272

Primary details

Comparing EPYC 7272 and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	421	915
Place by popularity	not in top-100	14
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	11.79	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	AMD EPYC	AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency	12.49	51.67
Architecture codename	Zen 2 (2017−2020)	Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)
Release date	7 August 2019 (5 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$625	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

EPYC 7272 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	24	12
Base clock speed	2.9 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	4 GHz
Multiplier	29	21
L1 cache	96 KB (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	3 MB
L3 cache	64 MB (shared)	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	7 nm, 14 nm	7 nm
Die size	192 mm2	156 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	3,800 million	9,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7272 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	2 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	SP3	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7272 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	+	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7272 and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 7272 and Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Eight-channel	DDR4
Maximum memory size	4 TiB	64 GB
Max memory channels	8	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	204.763 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

AMD Radeon Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7272 and Ryzen 5 5500U.

PCIe version	4.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	128	12

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	16.44	8.50
Recency	7 August 2019	12 January 2021
Physical cores	12	6
Threads	24	12
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	15 Watt

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