Intel Core i5-4200U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 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

903 points
5931 points
556% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1763 points
7969 points
352% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

678 points
5267 points
676% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

654 points
5102 points
680% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

14.77 points
141.88 points
860% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1358 points
7589 points
458% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

691 points
1833 points
165% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1401 points
7653 points
446% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

732 points
1872 points
155% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
6
200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
12
200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
125% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

2.6 GHz
4.2 GHz
61% significantly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
333% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

984th of 1,089
256th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i5-4200U vs Ryzen 5 5500 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500 performs better than the Core i5-4200U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4200U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 5500 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-4200U. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has 6 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-4200U. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4200U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4200U. Also, the Ryzen 5 5500 has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4200U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-4200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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