Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs Ryzen 5 1500X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 1500X and Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1120	422
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.08	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040)
Power efficiency	8.35	99.70
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Phoenix (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date	16 March 2017 (7 years ago)	May 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$189	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 1500X and Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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	4 (Quad-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	8	16
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	5.1 GHz
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	35	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	4 nm
Die size	213 mm2	178 mm2
Number of transistors	4800 Million	25,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 1500X and Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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	AM4	FP8
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Ryzen Z1 Extreme. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Ryzen Z1 Extreme are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR5
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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AMD Radeon 780M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Ryzen Z1 Extreme.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	20	20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	5.95	16.40
Physical cores	4	8
Threads	8	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

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