AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs AMD Athlon X4 845. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2022
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Released
Q1/2016
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AMD Athlon X4 845
AMD Athlon X4 845

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 5500 or AMD Athlon X4 845? Which processor is faster?

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

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 has a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. 6 / 12 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q2/2022.

AMD Athlon X4 845 has a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q1/2016.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    319 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 3% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • More number of cores

    2 times more cores

    6 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 10% better overclocked clock speed

    4.20 GHz left arrow 3.80 GHz

Positions in all rankings

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

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    162 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    162 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    114 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    165 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    57 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    177 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    290 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    455 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    254 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    159 place
AMD Athlon X4 845 Reasons to consider
AMD Athlon X4 845
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1048 left arrow score

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Athlon X4 845 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    832 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    709 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    536 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    418 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    416 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    420 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    765 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 AMD Ryzen 5 5500
AMD Athlon X4 845 AMD Athlon X4 845
CPU family and group

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

  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow AMD Athlon
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 5000G left arrow AMD Athlon X4 (Carizzo)
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 2
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Frequency
    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.50 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.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU frequency
    -- left arrow
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    -- left arrow
  • Shader
    -- left arrow
  • Max. displays
    -- left arrow
  • Generation
    -- left arrow
  • Technology
    -- left arrow
  • Release date
    -- left arrow
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Athlon X4 845 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR3-2133
  • Max. Memory
    64 GB left arrow
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and AMD Athlon X4 845 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 65 W
  • TDP down
    45 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max.
    95 °C left arrow --
Technologies and extensions

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

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE3
  • L2-Cache
    3.00 MB left arrow --
  • L3-Cache
    16.00 MB left arrow 2.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Cezanne (Zen 3) left arrow Carizzo
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 28 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow None
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow FM2+
  • Release date
    Q2/2022 left arrow Q1/2016

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and AMD Athlon X4 845.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
221
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
93
AMD Athlon X4 845
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
1714
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
316
AMD Athlon X4 845
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
19607
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
5917
AMD Athlon X4 845

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