Ryzen 7 5700G vs Pentium 917

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 917 and Ryzen 7 5700G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	446
Place by popularity	not in top-100	58
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	26.66
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Pentium	AMD Ryzen 7
Power efficiency	no data	22.51
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Cezanne (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date	no data (2024 years ago)	13 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$359

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium 917 and Ryzen 7 5700G 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	2 (Dual-core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	16
Base clock speed	no data	3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.8 GHz	4.6 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	38
L1 cache	128 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB	16 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm
Die size	131 mm2	AM4 (1331) mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	504 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 917 and Ryzen 7 5700G 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	no data	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 917 and Ryzen 7 5700G. 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	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 917 and Ryzen 7 5700G are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 917 and Ryzen 7 5700G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1333	DDR4
Maximum memory size	16 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	51.196 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 917 and Ryzen 7 5700G.

PCIe version

no data

3.0

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	16
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	65 Watt

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