AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 7040 AMD Ryzen 5000U
• Family
  Ryzen Ryzen
• Form Factor
  Handheld Laptops / Desktops
• Generation
  6 4
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Series
  Ryzen Z1 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
  3.3 GHz 2.1 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  8x Zen 4 -
• CPU Cores
  8 6
• CPU Threads
  16 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  5.1 GHz 4 GHz
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  5.1 GHz 4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 3.4 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.

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  12 7
• Generation
  10 9
• GPU Frequency
  1200 MHz 1800 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Graphics AMD Radeon Graphics
• GPU Turbo
  2900 MHz No turbo
• Graphics Cores
  12 7
• Max. displays
  4 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q1/2020
• Shader
  768 448
• Technology
  4 nm 7 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5500U and AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  256 GB 32 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  89.6 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• Memory type
  DDR5-5600LPDDR5X-7500 DDR4 - Up to 3200 / LPDDR4 - Up to 4266
• PCIe
  4.0 x 20 PCIe 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  - 12
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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.

• Configurable TDP
  9-30 W 10-25 W
• Default TDP
  28 W 15 W
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 105 °C
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  28 W -
• TDP down
  15 W 10 W
• TDP up
  30 W 25 W
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 15 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Phoenix (Zen 4) Lucienne (Zen 2)
• Chip design
  Monolithic -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  8 MB 3 MB
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 8 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Release date
  Q2/2023 2021-01-12
• Socket
  FP8 FP6
• Technology
  4 nm TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Lucienne
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - 100-000000375