FX-7500 vs Ryzen 5 2500U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 2500U
2017
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.24
+105%

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms FX-7500 by a whopping 105% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and FX-7500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking13061814
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5AMD Kaveri
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Kaveri (2014−2015)
Release date26 October 2017 (6 years ago)4 June 2014 (10 years ago)
Current price$674 $267

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2500U and FX-7500 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads84
Base clock speed2 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.3 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)4096 KB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography14 nm28 nm
Die size246 mm2245 mm2
Number of transistors4500 Million2410 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and FX-7500 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
SocketFP5FP3
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt19 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and FX-7500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA, DDR3-1600 Controller
AES-NI++
FMAno data+
AVX++
FRTCno data1
PowerTuneno data-
TrueAudiono data+
PowerNowno data+
PowerGatingno data+
Out-of-band client managementno data+
VirusProtectno data+
HSAno data1

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and FX-7500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+1
IOMMU 2.0no data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and FX-7500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core countno data6
Endurono data+
Switchable graphicsno data1
UVDno data+
VCEno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 2500U and FX-7500 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and FX-7500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkanno data1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and FX-7500.

PCIe version3.03.0
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.


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 4.24
+105%
FX-7500 2.07

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms FX-7500 by 105% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 5 2500U 6556
+104%
FX-7500 3209

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms FX-7500 by 104% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 5 2500U 809
+158%
FX-7500 313

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms FX-7500 by 158% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 5 2500U 2333
+236%
FX-7500 695

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms FX-7500 by 236% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Ryzen 5 2500U 4411
+114%
FX-7500 2060

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms FX-7500 by 114% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 5 2500U 15684
+186%
FX-7500 5482

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms FX-7500 by 186% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 5 2500U 4828
+74.3%
FX-7500 2771

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms FX-7500 by 74% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen 5 2500U 10.23
+128%
FX-7500 23.32

FX-7500 outperforms Ryzen 5 2500U by 128% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Ryzen 5 2500U 7
+286%
FX-7500 2

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms FX-7500 by 286% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 5 2500U 609
+298%
FX-7500 153

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms FX-7500 by 298% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 5 2500U 137
+149%
FX-7500 55

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms FX-7500 by 149% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Ryzen 5 2500U 1.59
+145%
FX-7500 0.65

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms FX-7500 by 145% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 2500U 3.3
+200%
FX-7500 1.1

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms FX-7500 by 200% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 2500U 2426
+64.1%
FX-7500 1479

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms FX-7500 by 64% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 2500U 35
+150%
FX-7500 14

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms FX-7500 by 150% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 2500U 121
+76.6%
FX-7500 69

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms FX-7500 by 77% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 5 2500U 11301
+175%
FX-7500 4116

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms FX-7500 by 175% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 5 2500U 3383
+91.2%
FX-7500 1769

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms FX-7500 by 91% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 5 2500U 10616
+124%
FX-7500 4730

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms FX-7500 by 124% in Geekbench 2.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.24 2.07
Recency 26 October 2017 4 June 2014
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 19 Watt

The Ryzen 5 2500U is our recommended choice as it beats the FX-7500 in performance tests.


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