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AMD Athlon Gold 20

vs

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

CPU Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of AMD Athlon Gold 20 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

AMD Athlon Gold 20

Higher Technology: TSMC 6nm FinFET (TSMC 6nm FinFET vs TSMC 7nm FinFET)
Higher Memory Type: LPDDR5 (LPDDR5 vs DDR4 - Up to 3200 MT/s, LPDDR4 - Up to 4266 MT/s)
Newer Launch Date: October 2025 (October 2025 vs January 2021)

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

More Total Cores: 6 (2 vs 6)
Higher Max Turbo Frequency: Up to 4.0GHz (Up to 3.7 GHz vs Up to 4.0GHz)
Larger L3 Cache: 8MB (4 MB vs 8MB)

Basic

AMD

Label Name

AMD

October 2025

Launch Date

January 2021

Laptop

Platform

Laptop

Athlon Gold 20

Model Name

Mendocino

Code Name

Lucienne

Zen 2

Generation

Ubuntu x86 64-Bit, Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition

OS Support

Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit *Operating System (OS) support will vary by manufacturer.

CPU Specifications

Total Cores

Cores is a hardware term that describes the number of independent central processing units in a single computing component (die or chip).

Total Threads

2.4 GHz

Basic Frequency

2.1GHz

Up to 3.7 GHz

Max Turbo Frequency

Up to 4.0GHz

256 KB

L1 Cache

1 MB

L2 Cache

3MB

4 MB

L3 Cache

8MB

FT6

CPU Socket

The socket is the component that provides the mechanical and electrical connections between the processor and motherboard.

FP6

Unlocked for Overclocking

TSMC 6nm FinFET

Technology

Lithography refers to the semiconductor technology used to manufacture an integrated circuit, and is reported in nanometer (nm), indicative of the size of features built on the semiconductor.

TSMC 7nm FinFET

15W

TDP

15W

Max. Operating Temperature

Junction Temperature is the maximum temperature allowed at the processor die.

105°C

PCIe® 3.0

PCI Express Version

PCI Express Revision is the supported version of the PCI Express standard. Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (or PCIe) is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard for attaching hardware devices to a computer. The different PCI Express versions support different data rates.

PCIe® 3.0

x86-64

Instruction Set

An instruction set architecture (ISA) defines the instructions a processor can execute. Common architectures include x86-64, ARM and RISC-V. The ISA determines software compatibility, while optional instruction extensions add specialized capabilities.

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5

Memory Type

DDR4 - Up to 3200 MT/s, LPDDR4 - Up to 4266 MT/s

16 GB

Max Memory Size

Max memory size refers to the maximum memory capacity supported by the processor.

Memory Channels

The number of memory channels refers to the bandwidth operation for real world application.

2x1R LPDDR5-5500

Maximum Memory Speed

GPU Specifications

AMD Radeon™ 610M

Integrated Graphics Model

An integrated GPU refers to the graphics core that is integrated into the CPU processor. Leveraging the processor's powerful computational capabilities and intelligent power efficiency management, it delivers outstanding graphics performance and a smooth application experience at a lower power consumption.

AMD Radeon™ Graphics

Graphics Core Count

1900 MHz

Graphics Frequency

1800 MHz