Pentium 4405U vs Ryzen 5 4500U

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 4500U
2020
6 cores / 6 threads, 25 Watt
6.87
+417%
Pentium 4405U
2015
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.33

Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Pentium 4405U by a whopping 417% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 4500U and Pentium 4405U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking10132247
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)Intel Pentium
Power efficiency26.018.39
Architecture codenameRenoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021)Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)1 September 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$161

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 4500U and Pentium 4405U 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads64
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz2.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplier2321
L1 cache128K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)512 KB
L3 cache11 MB (shared)2 MB
Chip lithography7 nm14 nm
Die size156 mm298.57 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistors9800 Million1750 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 4500U and Pentium 4405U 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP6FCBGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Pentium 4405U. 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, SMEIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Responseno data+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 4500U and Pentium 4405U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Pentium 4405U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Pentium 4405U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidth68.27 GB/s34.134 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)Intel HD Graphics 510
Max video memoryno data32 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data950 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 4500U and Pentium 4405U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Pentium 4405U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Pentium 4405U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Pentium 4405U.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data10

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 6.87
+417%
Pentium 4405U 1.33

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 10912
+418%
Pentium 4405U 2107

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.87 1.33
Integrated graphics card 6.04 1.61
Recency 6 January 2020 1 September 2015
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 6 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 4500U has a 416.5% higher aggregate performance score, 275.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 years, 200% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium 4405U, on the other hand, has 66.7% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 4500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 4405U in performance tests.


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