AMD Ryzen 7 5700X vs AMD A8-5500. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5000 AMD A8-5000
• Family
  Ryzen AMD A
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  4 2
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 7 3700X -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 5000 Series -

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

• Base Frequency
  3.4 GHz 3.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  8x -
• CPU Cores
  8 4
• CPU Threads
  16 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.6 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.6 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  4.2 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 3.7 GHz

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

• GPU name
  None AMD Radeon HD 7560D
• DirectX Version
  - 11
• Execution units
  - 4
• Generation
  - 4
• GPU Frequency
  - 760 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo
• Max. displays
  - 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 2 GB
• Release date
  - Q3/2012
• Shader
  - 256
• Technology
  - 32 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A8-5500 and AMD Ryzen 7 5700X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB -
• Memory Bandwidth
  51.2 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR3-1866
• PCIe
  PCIe 4.0 -
• System Memory Specification
  3200 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and AMD A8-5500 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
  65 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  90 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and AMD A8-5500, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Vermeer (Zen 3) Trinity (Piledriver)
• Codename
  Vermeer -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L1-Cache
  0.5 MB -
• L2-Cache
  4 MB -
• L3-Cache
  32 MB 4 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  100-000000926 -
• Operating systems
  Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit -
• Release date
  2022-04-04 Q3/2012
• Socket
  AM4 FM2
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET 32 nm
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  Not Included -
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V