AMD Ryzen 3 7320U vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 7320U and AMD Ryzen 5 2500U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 7320U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 14% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2345 vs 1807
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8685 vs 6513
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 vs 26 October 2017
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2345 vs 1807
PassMark - CPU mark 8685 vs 6513

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 1048576x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
L1 cache 384 KB vs 64K (per core)
L3 cache 4 MB vs 4MB (shared)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 7320U
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2345
1807
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8685
6513
Name AMD Ryzen 3 7320U AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
PassMark - Single thread mark 2345 1807
PassMark - CPU mark 8685 6513
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 661
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2341
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.657
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 270.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 88.733
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 638
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2240
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 638
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2240

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 3 7320U AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

Essentials

Launch date 20 Sep 2022 26 October 2017
Place in performance rating 1029 1475
Architecture codename Zen
Family AMD Ryzen Processors
OPN Tray YM2500C4T4MFB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Vertical segment Laptop

Performance

Base frequency 2.4 GHz 2 GHz
Die size 100 mm² 246 mm
L1 cache 64K (per core) 384 KB
L2 cache 512K (per core) 2 MB
L3 cache 4MB (shared) 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 95°C
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz 3.6 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 8 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Number of GPU cores 8
Transistor count 4500 Million

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5, Dual-channel DDR4
Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6 FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt
Configurable TDP 12-25 Watt
Thermal Solution Not included

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)
PCI Express revision 3.0

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 1100 MHz
iGPU core count 8
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 8 Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
The "Zen" Core Architecture
Video Core Next (VCN)

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)