Athlon 950 vs Ryzen 5 5500GT
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon 950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 585 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Desktop processor |
| Architecture codename | Cezanne (2021−2024) | Thunderbird (1999−2000) |
| Release date | 8 January 2024 (less than a year ago) | 6 March 2000 (24 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon 950 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 12 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 3.6 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 4.4 GHz | 0.95 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 180 nm |
| Die size | 180 mm2 | 102 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 95 °C | 70 °C |
| Number of transistors | 10,700 million | 22 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon 950 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 | AM4 | A |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 62 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon 950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon 950 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon 950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR1 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon Vega 7 | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon 950.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 January 2024 | 6 March 2000 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 1 |
| Threads | 12 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 62 Watt |
Ryzen 5 5500GT has an age advantage of 23 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 2471.4% more advanced lithography process.
Athlon 950, on the other hand, has 4.8% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 5500GT and Athlon 950. We've got no test results to judge.
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