the 5500 is a monolithic die, it's based on the monolithic APU lineup rather than the chiplet enthusiast lineup. This also implies other limitations like PCIe

the 5500 is a monolithic die, it's based on the monolithic APU lineup rather than the chiplet enthusiast lineup. This also implies other limitations like PCIe 3.0 and half the cache of the equivalent enthusiast lineup, because that's how the laptop chips were designed. The APU lineup has always performed a bit worse than the equivalent desktop lineup as a result.