A4-9120e SoC vs Ryzen 5 5500U

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5500U and A4-9120e SoC processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking929not rated
Place by popularity19not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)no data
Power efficiency31.00no data
Architecture codenameLucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)7 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5500U and A4-9120e SoC 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)
Threads122
Base clock speed2.1 GHz1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz2.2 GHz
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache64K (per core)160 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB (shared)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography7 nm28 nm
Die size156 mm2125 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors9,800 million1,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5500U and A4-9120e SoC 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
SocketFP6FT4
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and A4-9120e SoC. 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, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEno data
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and A4-9120e SoC are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and A4-9120e SoC. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GBno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz)Radeon R3 2CU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and A4-9120e SoC.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 January 2021 7 January 2019
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 2
Chip lithography 7 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 6 Watt

Ryzen 5 5500U has an age advantage of 2 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

A4-9120e SoC, on the other hand, has 316.7% lower power consumption.

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