Ryzen 5 5500U vs Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Pentium 4 2.4 GHz by a whopping 10138% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3396 | 929 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 19 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | Pentium 4 | AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000) |
| Power efficiency | 0.13 | 30.98 |
| Architecture codename | Northwood (2002−2004) | Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021) |
| Release date | no data | 12 January 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Bus rate | 400 MHz | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 21 |
| L1 cache | no data | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 8 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 130 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 Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 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) | 59.8 Watt | 25 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 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 | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 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 | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Ryzen 5 5500U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 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.
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.
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.
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.
3DMark06 CPU
3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.
wPrime 32
wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.
TrueCrypt AES
TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.
x264 encoding pass 2
x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.
x264 encoding pass 1
x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.08 | 8.19 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 6 |
| Threads | 1 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 59 Watt | 25 Watt |
Ryzen 5 5500U has a 10137.5% higher aggregate performance score, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, a 1757.1% more advanced lithography process, and 136% lower power consumption.
The Ryzen 5 5500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 4 2.4 GHz in performance tests.
Note that Pentium 4 2.4 GHz is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 5500U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Ryzen 5 5500U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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