Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 vs Pentium G5500

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium G5500 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake (2017−2019)Strix Point-HX (Zen 5) (2024)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)4 June 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium G5500 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threadsno data24
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz5.1 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache6144 KB (shared)36 MB
Chip lithography14 nm3 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G5500 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 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 configuration1no data
Socket1151no data
Power consumption (TDP)51 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G5500 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXDNA 2 NPU
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
TSX+-

Security technologies

Pentium G5500 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G5500 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G5500 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 51 Watt 55 Watt

Pentium G5500 has 7.8% lower power consumption.

Ryzen AI 9 HX 170, on the other hand, has 500% more physical cores, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium G5500 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium G5500 is a desktop processor while Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 is a notebook one.


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