AMD Athlon 300U vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 300U and AMD Ryzen 5 2500U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Peripherals, 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 Athlon 300U
- Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 95°C
Maximum core temperature | 105°C vs 95°C |
Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
- 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
- 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
- Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
- Around 99% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
- 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
- Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1820 vs 1774
- Around 69% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6548 vs 3867
Specifications (specs) | |
Number of cores | 4 vs 2 |
Number of threads | 8 vs 4 |
Maximum frequency | 3.6 GHz vs 3.3 GHz |
L1 cache | 384 KB vs 193 KB |
L2 cache | 2 MB vs 1 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 1820 vs 1774 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 6548 vs 3867 |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Athlon 300U
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Athlon 300U | AMD Ryzen 5 2500U |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 1774 | 1820 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 3867 | 6548 |
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 Athlon 300U | AMD Ryzen 5 2500U | |
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Essentials |
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Family | AMD Athlon Processors | AMD Ryzen Processors |
OPN Tray | YM300UC4T2OFG | YM2500C4T4MFB |
Place in performance rating | 1456 | 1466 |
Series | AMD Athlon Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics | AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics |
Vertical segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Architecture codename | Zen | |
Launch date | 26 October 2017 | |
OS Support | Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit | |
Performance |
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Base frequency | 2.4 GHz | 2 GHz |
Compute Cores | 5 | |
L1 cache | 193 KB | 384 KB |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB |
L3 cache | 4 MB | 4 MB |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
Maximum core temperature | 105°C | 95°C |
Maximum frequency | 3.3 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
Number of cores | 2 | 4 |
Number of GPU cores | 3 | 8 |
Number of threads | 4 | 8 |
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64 bit support | ||
Die size | 246 mm | |
Transistor count | 4500 Million | |
Memory |
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Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
Supported memory frequency | 2400 MHz | 2400 MHz |
Supported memory types | DDR4 | |
Graphics |
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Graphics max frequency | 1000 MHz | 1100 MHz |
iGPU core count | 3 | 8 |
Processor graphics | Radeon Vega 3 Graphics | Radeon Vega 8 Graphics |
Graphics interfaces |
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DisplayPort | ||
HDMI | ||
Graphics API support |
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DirectX | 12 | 12 |
Compatibility |
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Sockets supported | FP5 | FP5 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Configurable TDP | 12-25 Watt | |
Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | |
Thermal Solution | Not included | |
Advanced Technologies |
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AMD SenseMI | ||
FreeSync | ||
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) | ||
Intel® AES New Instructions | ||
The "Zen" Core Architecture | ||
Video Core Next (VCN) | ||
Peripherals |
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PCI Express revision | 3.0 | |
Virtualization |
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AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™) |