Pentium Gold G5500 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G outperforms Pentium Gold G5500 by a whopping 123% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G and Pentium Gold G5500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1188 | 1798 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 5.66 | 4.74 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 5 | Intel Pentium Gold |
| Power efficiency | 7.80 | 4.47 |
| Architecture codename | Raven Ridge (2017−2018) | Coffee Lake (2017−2019) |
| Release date | 12 February 2018 (6 years ago) | 2 April 2018 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $169 | $75 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G has 19% better value for money than Pentium Gold G5500.
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G and Pentium Gold G5500 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 36 | 38 |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 256K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 210 mm2 | 126 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 72 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4,950 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G and Pentium Gold G5500 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 (Uniprocessor) | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | AM4 | 1151 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 51 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G and Pentium Gold G5500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G and Pentium Gold G5500 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G and Pentium Gold G5500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 46.933 GB/s | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G and Pentium Gold G5500.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | no data |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 5.32 | 2.39 |
| Integrated graphics card | 5.49 | 3.10 |
| Recency | 12 February 2018 | 2 April 2018 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 51 Watt |
Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G has a 122.6% higher aggregate performance score, 77.1% faster integrated GPU, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
Pentium Gold G5500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 month, and 27.5% lower power consumption.
The Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold G5500 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G and Pentium Gold G5500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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