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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