EPYC 7453 vs Ryzen 5 5500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5500U and EPYC 7453 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	929	129
Place by popularity	19	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	17.25
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)	AMD EPYC
Power efficiency	31.00	13.39
Architecture codename	Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)	Milan (2021−2023)
Release date	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,570

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5500U and EPYC 7453 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)	28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads	12	56
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.75 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	3.45 GHz
Multiplier	21	27.5
L1 cache	384 KB	1792 KB
L2 cache	3 MB	14 MB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	7 nm	7 nm+
Die size	156 mm2	4x 81 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	9,800 million	16,600 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5500U and EPYC 7453 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	2
Socket	FP6	SP3
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and EPYC 7453. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	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	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and EPYC 7453 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and EPYC 7453. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	64 GB	4 TiB
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	204.795 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz)

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and EPYC 7453.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	12	128

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	8.19	31.84
Physical cores	6	28
Threads	12	56
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	225 Watt

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