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AMD Athlon 320GE vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
2019-07-07
AMD Athlon 320GE
AMD Athlon 320GE
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2021-01-12
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

What's the best choice AMD Athlon 320GE or AMD Ryzen 5 5500U? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Athlon 320GE has a base frequency of 3.5 GHz. 2 / 4 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 35 W. Released in 2019-07-07.

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U has a base frequency of 2.1 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 15 W. Released in 2021-01-12.

Differences

AMD Athlon 320GE Reasons to consider
AMD Athlon 320GE
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  • Higher clock speed

    Around 67% better clock speed

    3.5 GHz left arrow 2.1 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Athlon 320GE CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    540 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    758 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    743 place
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    165 left arrow place
  • More number of cores

    4 more cores

    6 left arrow 2
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 14 % higher specified turbo frequency

    4 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    15 W left arrow 35 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 5500U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    188 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    186 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    175 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    213 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    302 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    321 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    156 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    275 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Athlon 320GE AMD Athlon 320GE
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    AMD Athlon 300 left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000U
  • Family
    Athlon left arrow Ryzen
  • Form Factor
    Desktops left arrow Laptops / Desktops
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 4
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Mobile
  • Series
    Athlon 300 Series left arrow Ryzen 5000 Series
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    3.5 GHz left arrow 2.1 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Core Configuration
    2x Dali left arrow -
  • CPU Cores
    2 left arrow 6
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 12
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    3.5 GHz left arrow 4 GHz
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 4 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
    - left arrow 3.4 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    3 left arrow 7
  • Generation
    8 left arrow 9
  • GPU Frequency
    1100 MHz left arrow 1800 MHz
  • GPU name
    Radeon Vega 3 Graphics left arrow AMD Radeon Graphics
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Graphics Cores
    3 left arrow 7
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    2 GB left arrow 2 GB
  • Release date
    Q1/2018 left arrow Q1/2020
  • Shader
    192 left arrow 448
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 7 nm
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5500U and AMD Athlon 320GE. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    64 GB left arrow 32 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4 left arrow DDR4 - Up to 3200 / LPDDR4 - Up to 4266
  • PCIe
    PCIe 3.0 left arrow PCIe 3.0
  • System Memory Specification
    2667 left arrow -
  • PCIe lanes
    - left arrow 12
  • PCIe version
    - left arrow 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Athlon 320GE and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Default TDP
    35 W left arrow 15 W
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    95 °C left arrow 105 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    35 W left arrow 15 W
  • TDP down
    - left arrow 10 W
  • TDP up
    - left arrow 25 W
  • Configurable TDP
    - left arrow 10-25 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Athlon 320GE and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Dali (Zen) left arrow Lucienne (Zen 2)
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L1-Cache
    0.1875 MB left arrow -
  • L2-Cache
    1 MB left arrow 3 MB
  • L3-Cache
    4 MB left arrow 8 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
    YD32GEC6FHBOX left arrow -
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    YD32GEC6M2OFH left arrow 100-000000375
  • Operating systems
    Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit left arrow Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
  • Release date
    2019-07-07 left arrow 2021-01-12
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow FP6
  • Technology
    14nm FinFET left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Codename
    - left arrow Lucienne

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Athlon 320GE

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.22.0 / 1M / 5 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 2648.56461 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.22.0 / 1M / 5 threads / windows
System RAM: 24 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: LENOVO / LNVNB161216
Duration: 377.563 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Athlon 320GE and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

879.000000
AMD Athlon 320GE
1134.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

2034.000000
AMD Athlon 320GE
5622.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

422.000000
AMD Athlon 320GE
1612.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

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