Ryzen 5 4500 vs Pentium E5300

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium E5300
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.57
Ryzen 5 4500
2022
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
10.14
+1679%

Ryzen 5 4500 outperforms Pentium E5300 by a whopping 1679% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5300 and Ryzen 5 4500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2830768
Place by popularitynot in top-10044
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.04no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency0.8314.75
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Renoir (2020−2023)
Release dateNovember 2008 (16 years ago)4 April 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$64no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium E5300 and Ryzen 5 4500 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 cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speed2.6 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (shared)512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm
Die size82 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistors228 million9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5300 and Ryzen 5 4500 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 configuration11
SocketLGA775AM4
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5300 and Ryzen 5 4500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Pentium E5300 and Ryzen 5 4500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E5300 and Ryzen 5 4500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5300 and Ryzen 5 4500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4-3200

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E5300 and Ryzen 5 4500.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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.

Pentium E5300 0.57
Ryzen 5 4500 10.14
+1679%

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.

Pentium E5300 906
Ryzen 5 4500 16112
+1678%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pentium E5300 298
Ryzen 5 4500 1559
+423%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pentium E5300 489
Ryzen 5 4500 6208
+1170%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.57 10.14
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm

Ryzen 5 4500 has a 1678.9% higher aggregate performance score, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 4500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium E5300 in performance tests.


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