Ryzen 5 5500 vs Pentium Gold G4620

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G4620 and Ryzen 5 5500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated637
Place by popularitynot in top-1001
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data51.84
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentium, Pentium Goldno data
Power efficiencyno data17.75
Architecture codenameKaby Lake (2016−2019)Cezanne (2021−2024)
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years ago)4 April 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$93$159

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G4620 and Ryzen 5 5500 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)
Threads412
Base clock speedno data3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
Multiplier37no data
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB512K (per core)
L3 cache3 MB16 MB
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data180 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistorsno data10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G4620 and Ryzen 5 5500 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketLGA-1151AM4
Power consumption (TDP)51 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G4620 and Ryzen 5 5500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
TSX+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G4620 and Ryzen 5 5500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G4620 and Ryzen 5 5500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L-1600DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 630no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G4620 and Ryzen 5 5500.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes16no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 January 2017 4 April 2022
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 51 Watt 65 Watt

Pentium Gold G4620 has 27.5% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 5500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

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