AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Xeon 638

CPU · Specs Compare

Products
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5500U AMD · 2021-01
CPU Intel Xeon 638 Intel · 2026-02
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2021
Feb 2026
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Laptop
Server
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Lucienne
Granite Rapids
Integrated Graphics
Radeon RX Vega 7
N/A
Generation
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Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)
Package
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
5 nm
Socket
FP6
Intel Socket 4710
Power Consumption
10-25 W
180 W
Peak Operating Temperature
105 °C
100°C
Foundry
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Intel
Die Size
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598 mm²
I/O Process Size
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10 nm
I/O Die Size
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2x 241
Package
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FC-LGA18N
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
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Performance Core Threads
12
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Performance Core Base Frequency
2.1 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4 GHz
4.8 GHz
Total Core Count
6
16
Total Thread Count
12
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
21x
32.0
L1 Cache
64 K per core
112 KB per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
2 MB per core
L3 Cache
8 MB shared
72 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266
DDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
32 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1800 MHz
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Shader Units
448
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Texture Units
28
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Raster Operation Units
7
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Power Consumption
10-45 W
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Miscellaneous
Official Website
↗
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PCIe Version
3.0
5
PCIe Lanes
12
80
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,168
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Cinebench R23
7,059
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Geekbench 6
1,445
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Geekbench 5
1,106
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Geekbench 6
5,919
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Geekbench 5
4,917
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Blender
95
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▲ Specs Compare Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.