A10 PRO-7850B vs Ryzen 5 2500U

Place in the ranking	1389	1840
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	no data
Power efficiency	25.99	2.17
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge (2017−2018)	Kaveri (2014−2015)
Release date	26 October 2017 (7 years ago)	31 July 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2500U and A10 PRO-7850B basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	2 GHz	3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	4 GHz
Multiplier	20	no data
L1 cache	128K (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	4096 KB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	246 mm²	245 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	72 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	74 °C
Number of transistors	4950 Million	2,411 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and A10 PRO-7850B compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FP5	FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and A10 PRO-7850B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
PowerTune	-	+
DualGraphics	-	+
TrueAudio	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
Out-of-band client management	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
RAID	-	+
HSA	-	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and A10 PRO-7850B are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and A10 PRO-7850B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3-2133
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	8
Number of pipelines	no data	512
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 2500U and A10 PRO-7850B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and A10 PRO-7850B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

no data

DirectX® 12

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and A10 PRO-7850B.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 2500U 4.12
+89%

A10 PRO-7850B 2.18

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 5 2500U 6543
+89.2%

A10 PRO-7850B 3459

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 5 2500U 810
+75.3%

A10 PRO-7850B 462

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 5 2500U 2371
+98.6%

A10 PRO-7850B 1194

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.12	2.18
Recency	26 October 2017	31 July 2014
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	95 Watt

Ryzen 5 2500U has a 89% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 533.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 2500U is our recommended choice as it beats the A10 PRO-7850B in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 2500U is a notebook processor while A10 PRO-7850B is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 2500U and A10 PRO-7850B, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.