A4-5000 vs Ryzen 5 4500U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 4500U
2020
6 cores / 6 threads, 25 Watt
7.13
+739%

Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms A4-5000 by a whopping 739% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 4500U and A4-5000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking10072578
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD A-Series
Power efficiency26.015.17
Architecture codenameRenoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021)Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)23 May 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 4500U and A4-5000 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads64
Base clock speed2.3 GHzno data
Boost clock speed4 GHz1.5 GHz
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache128K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)2048 KB
L3 cache11 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography7 nm28 nm
Die size156 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data90 °C
Number of transistors9800 Million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 4500U and A4-5000 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 configuration11
SocketFP6FT3
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and A4-5000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX
AES-NI++
FMA+FMA4
AVX++
PowerNow-+
PowerGating-+
VirusProtect-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and A4-5000 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and A4-5000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channelsno data1
Maximum memory bandwidth68.27 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)AMD Radeon HD 8330
Enduro-+
Switchable graphics-+
UVD-+
VCE-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 4500U and A4-5000 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and A4-5000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and A4-5000.

PCIe version3.02.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

Ryzen 5 4500U 7.13
+739%
A4-5000 0.85

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.

Ryzen 5 4500U 10915
+742%
A4-5000 1297

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 5 4500U 5337
+342%
A4-5000 1207

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 5 4500U 24156
+480%
A4-5000 4165

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 5 4500U 8934
+338%
A4-5000 2039

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 5 4500U 8.3
+360%
A4-5000 38.2

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 5 4500U 11
+637%
A4-5000 1

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 5 4500U 892
+650%
A4-5000 119

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 4500U 174
+427%
A4-5000 33

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 4500U 2.03
+421%
A4-5000 0.39

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 5 4500U 4.9
+433%
A4-5000 0.9

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 5 4500U 59
+580%
A4-5000 9

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 5 4500U 210
+408%
A4-5000 41

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 5 4500U 3493
+224%
A4-5000 1078

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Ryzen 5 4500U 18690
+577%
A4-5000 2762

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Ryzen 5 4500U 3960
+355%
A4-5000 870

Geekbench 2

Ryzen 5 4500U 14964
+392%
A4-5000 3041

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.13 0.85
Integrated graphics card 6.04 0.68
Recency 6 January 2020 23 May 2013
Physical cores 6 4
Threads 6 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 4500U has a 738.8% higher aggregate performance score, 788.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 6 years, 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

A4-5000, on the other hand, has 66.7% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 4500U is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-5000 in performance tests.


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