Atom Z2480 vs Ryzen 5 2500U
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and Atom Z2480 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1402 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 5 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 25.91 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Raven Ridge (2017−2018) | Penwell (2012−2013) |
| Release date | 26 October 2017 (7 years ago) | 1 January 2013 (11 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 2500U and Atom Z2480 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 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Multiplier | 20 | no data |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | 65 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4950 Million | 140 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and Atom Z2480 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 | FC-MB4617 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 3 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Atom Z2480. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | Intel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3 |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| PAE | no data | 32 Bit |
| GPIO | no data | 152 |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Security technologies
Ryzen 5 2500U and Atom Z2480 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Atom Z2480 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Atom Z2480. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR2 |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | 2 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | 6.4 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon Vega 8 | PowerVR SGX540 (400 MHz) |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 2500U and Atom Z2480 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 2 |
| HDMI | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Atom Z2480.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | no data |
| USB revision | no data | 2.0 OTG |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 1 |
| UART | no data | 3 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Geekbench 2
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 26 October 2017 | 1 January 2013 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 3 Watt |
Ryzen 5 2500U has an age advantage of 4 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.
Atom Z2480, on the other hand, has 400% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 2500U and Atom Z2480. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 2500U and Atom Z2480, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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