Ryzen 5 5500U vs Ryzen 5 2600E

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2600E and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	917
Place by popularity	not in top-100	14
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency	no data	51.70
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2019)	Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)
Release date	10 September 2018 (6 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2600E and Ryzen 5 5500U 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	12	12
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	4 GHz
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	31	21
L1 cache	576 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	3 MB	3 MB
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	12 nm	7 nm
Die size	213 mm2	156 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	4800 Million	9,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2600E and Ryzen 5 5500U 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	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2600E and Ryzen 5 5500U. 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	+	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2600E and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2600E and Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR4
Maximum memory size	64 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	46.933 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 Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2600E and Ryzen 5 5500U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	20	12

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 September 2018	12 January 2021
Chip lithography	12 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	15 Watt

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