Ryzen 5 5600U vs Pentium SU4100
Primary details
Comparing Pentium SU4100 and Ryzen 5 5600U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 781 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) |
| Power efficiency | no data | 61.28 |
| Architecture codename | Penryn (2008−2011) | Cezanne-U (Zen 3) (2021) |
| Release date | 1 September 2009 (15 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium SU4100 and Ryzen 5 5600U 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) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 1.3 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.3 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 23 |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | 384 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 3 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | 107 mm2 | 180 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 410 million | 10,700 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium SU4100 and Ryzen 5 5600U 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 | 1 |
| Socket | BGA956 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium SU4100 and Ryzen 5 5600U. 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 |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium SU4100 and Ryzen 5 5600U 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 SU4100 and Ryzen 5 5600U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-x | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium SU4100 and Ryzen 5 5600U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | AMD Radeon Vega 7 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium SU4100 and Ryzen 5 5600U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 8 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 September 2009 | 12 January 2021 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 6 |
| Threads | 2 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 15 Watt |
Pentium SU4100 has 50% lower power consumption.
Ryzen 5 5600U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Pentium SU4100 and Ryzen 5 5600U. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium SU4100 and Ryzen 5 5600U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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