Celeron M 550 vs Ryzen 5 2500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and Celeron M 550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1389not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Celeron M
Power efficiency26.01no data
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Merom (2006−2008)
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2500U and Celeron M 550 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads81
Base clock speed2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2 GHz2 GHz
Bus rateno data533 MHz
Multiplier20no data
L1 cache384 KBno data
L2 cache2 MBno data
L3 cache4 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography14 nm65 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Number of transistors4950 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and Celeron M 550 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketFP5no data
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt30 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Celeron M 550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTno data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Celeron M 550 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Celeron M 550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400no data
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Celeron M 550.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes12no 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.

Ryzen 5 2500U 6542
+1307%
Celeron M 550 465

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 5 2500U 4411
+140%
Celeron M 550 1834

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 5 2500U 4828
+451%
Celeron M 550 877

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 8 1
Chip lithography 14 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 30 Watt

Ryzen 5 2500U has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

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