Ryzen 5 5500U vs Sempron 180

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Primary details

Comparing Sempron 180 and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated919
Place by popularitynot in top-10014
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiencyno data31.00
Architecture codenameRegor (2009−2013)Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)
Release date1 September 2010 (14 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Sempron 180 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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 cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz4 GHz
Multiplierno data21
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm
Die size117 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors234 million9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Sempron 180 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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
SocketAM3FP6
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Sempron 180 and Ryzen 5 5500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 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
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Sempron 180 and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Sempron 180 and Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Sempron 180 and Ryzen 5 5500U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2010 12 January 2021
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 25 Watt

Ryzen 5 5500U has an age advantage of 10 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 80% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Sempron 180 and Ryzen 5 5500U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Sempron 180 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 5500U is a notebook one.


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