Ryzen 5 5500U vs Xeon E5430

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5430
2007
80 Watt
1.46
Ryzen 5 5500U
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
8.50
+482%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Xeon E5430 by a whopping 482% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5430 and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2199912
Place by popularitynot in top-10014
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency1.6651.67
Architecture codenameno dataLucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)
Release date1 October 2007 (17 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5430 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 coresno data6 (Hexa-Core)
Threadsno data12
Base clock speed2.66 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speedno data4 GHz
Multiplierno data21
L1 cacheno data384 KB
L2 cacheno data3 MB
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cache8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data156 mm2
Maximum core temperature67 °C105 °C
Number of transistorsno data9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5430 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 configurationno data1
SocketLGA771FP6
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5430 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-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
FSB parity+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5430 and Ryzen 5 5500U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5430 and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data
EPT-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5430 and Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
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 Xeon E5430 and Ryzen 5 5500U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

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.

Xeon E5430 1.46
Ryzen 5 5500U 8.50
+482%

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.

Xeon E5430 2238
Ryzen 5 5500U 13015
+482%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon E5430 359
Ryzen 5 5500U 1286
+258%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon E5430 1055
Ryzen 5 5500U 4530
+329%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.46 8.50
Recency 1 October 2007 12 January 2021
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 5500U has a 482.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 433.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 5500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5430 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5430 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 5500U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5430 and Ryzen 5 5500U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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