AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs AMD A8-8600P

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U and AMD A8-8600P processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics API support, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
  • Around 33% higher clock speed: 4.0 GHz vs 3 GHz
  • Around 17% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 90°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2440 vs 1189
  • 5.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13016 vs 2464
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 3 June 2015
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.0 GHz vs 3 GHz
Maximum core temperature 105 °C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 3 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2440 vs 1189
PassMark - CPU mark 13016 vs 2464

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
CPU 2: AMD A8-8600P

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2440
1189
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
13016
2464
Name AMD Ryzen 5 5500U AMD A8-8600P
PassMark - Single thread mark 2440 1189
PassMark - CPU mark 13016 2464
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 3771
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1753
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4113
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1037
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2396
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5824
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1037
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2396
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5824

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U AMD A8-8600P

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Carrizo
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 3 June 2015
OPN Tray 100-000000375 AM860PAAY43KA
Place in performance rating 1147 1119
Vertical segment Laptop All-in-One
Family AMD A-Series Processors
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series AMD A8-Series APU for AIOs

Performance

Base frequency 2.1 GHz 1.6 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB
L2 cache 3 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 105 °C 90°C
Maximum frequency 4.0 GHz 3 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of GPU cores 6 6
Number of threads 12 4
64 bit support
Compute Cores 10
Transistor count 3100 Million
Unlocked

Memory

Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266 DDR3
Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 1800 MHz
iGPU core count 7 6
Processor graphics AMD Radeon Graphics AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency 720 MHz
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 10-25 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FP6 FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan

Advanced Technologies

AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0