AMD Athlon II X4 651 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Compare AMD 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1406 points
5931 points
321% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2588 points
7969 points
207% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1074 points
5267 points
390% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1032 points
5102 points
394% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1113 points
7589 points
581% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

332 points
1833 points
452% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1108 points
7653 points
590% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

333 points
1872 points
462% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
12
200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
3.6 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
3 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

835th of 1,089
256th of 1,089

Family

The product line

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Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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Yes

Athlon II X4 651 vs Ryzen 5 5500 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500 performs better than the Athlon II X4 651. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon II X4 651 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 5500 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Athlon II X4 651 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Athlon II X4 651. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Athlon II X4 651. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Athlon II X4 651 has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Athlon II X4 651 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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