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Ryzen 5 5500U vs Engineering Sample 506E8


Description
The 5500U is based on Zen 2 architecture while the 506E8 is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 5500U gets a score of 261.9 k points while the 506E8 gets 211.6 k points.

Summarizing, the 5500U is 1.2 times faster than the 506E8. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
860f81
506e8
Core
Lucienne
Kaby Lake
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.1 GHz
2.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
4 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
BGA 1140
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
6/12
4/8
TDP
15 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
6x512 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
2x4096 kB
8192 kB
Date
March 2021
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
53.76k points
56.39k points
Mean multithread perf.
261.91k points
211.6k points

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
5500U
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
15.63k
23.91k (x1.53)
Test#2 (FP)
23k
21.03k (x0.91)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
8.62k
5.05k (x0.59)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.51k
6.4k (x0.98)
TOTAL
53.76k
56.39k (x1.05)

Multithread

5500U

506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
90.38k
95.3k (x1.05)
Test#2 (FP)
118.74k
91.94k (x0.77)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
48.39k
22.06k (x0.46)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.4k
2.3k (x0.52)
TOTAL
261.91k
211.6k (x0.81)

Performance/W
5500U
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
6025 points/W