Athlon 64 3800+ vs Ryzen 5 2500U
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 3800+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 1364 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 5 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Zen (2017−2020) | Venice (2004−2005) |
| Release date | 26 October 2017 (6 years ago) | June 2004 (20 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $160 |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 3800+ 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Multiplier | 20 | no data |
| L1 cache | 384 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 130 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | 230 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 70 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4950 Million | 227 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 3800+ 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 | AM4 | 939 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 89 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 3800+. 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 | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 3800+ are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 3800+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR1 |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 3800+.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 8 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 89 Watt |
Ryzen 5 2500U has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, a 828.6% more advanced lithography process, and 493.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 3800+. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Ryzen 5 2500U is a notebook processor while Athlon 64 3800+ is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 3800+, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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