Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U vs Microsoft SQ1

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Aggregate performance score

Microsoft SQ1
2019
8 cores / 8 threads, 3000 Watt
3.67
Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U
2020
6 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
7.95
+117%

Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U outperforms Microsoft SQ1 by a whopping 117% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Microsoft SQ1 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1486940
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency0.1250.16
Architecture codenameCortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 495) (2019)Renoir-U PRO (Zen 2) (2020)
Release date2 October 2019 (5 years ago)7 May 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Microsoft SQ1 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads812
Base clock speedno data2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplierno data21
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data512K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data156 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistorsno data9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Microsoft SQ1 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataFP6
Power consumption (TDP)3000 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Microsoft SQ1 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataPRO, 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-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Microsoft SQ1 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Microsoft SQ1 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data68.27 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardQualcomm Adreno 685AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Microsoft SQ1 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U.

PCIe versionno data3.0

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.

Microsoft SQ1 3.67
Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 7.95
+117%

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.

Microsoft SQ1 5822
Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 12631
+117%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Microsoft SQ1 537
Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 5289
+885%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Microsoft SQ1 4276
Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 27559
+545%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Microsoft SQ1 2875
Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 4649
+61.7%

WebXPRT 3

Microsoft SQ1 116
Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 186
+60.3%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.67 7.95
Recency 2 October 2019 7 May 2020
Physical cores 8 6
Threads 8 12
Power consumption (TDP) 3000 Watt 15 Watt

Microsoft SQ1 has 33.3% more physical cores.

Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U, on the other hand, has a 116.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 months, 50% more threads, and 19900% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U is our recommended choice as it beats the Microsoft SQ1 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Microsoft SQ1 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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