PRO A12-9830B vs Ryzen 5 2500U
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and PRO A12-9830B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 1307 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 5 | AMD Bristol Ridge |
| Architecture codename | Raven Ridge (2017−2018) | Bristol Ridge (2016−2019) |
| Release date | 26 October 2017 (6 years ago) | 1 June 2016 (8 years ago) |
| Current price | $674 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 2500U and PRO A12-9830B 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 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 2048 KB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | 250 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4500 Million | 3100 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and PRO A12-9830B 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) | no data |
| Socket | FP5 | FP4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 25-45 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and PRO A12-9830B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | Dual-Channel DDR3/DDR4-1866 Memory Controller, PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| AES-NI | + | 1 |
| FMA | no data | FMA4 |
| AVX | + | AVX |
| FRTC | no data | 1 |
| FreeSync | no data | 1 |
| PowerTune | no data | + |
| TrueAudio | no data | + |
| PowerNow | no data | + |
| PowerGating | no data | + |
| Out-of-band client management | no data | + |
| VirusProtect | no data | + |
| RAID | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and PRO A12-9830B are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | 1 |
| IOMMU 2.0 | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and PRO A12-9830B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR3, DDR4-2400 |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | no data |
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 |
| Enduro | no data | + |
| Switchable graphics | no data | 1 |
| UVD | no data | + |
| VCE | no data | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 2500U and PRO A12-9830B integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | no data | + |
| HDMI | no data | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and PRO A12-9830B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | DirectX® 12 |
| Vulkan | no data | 1 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and PRO A12-9830B.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 8 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 26 October 2017 | 1 June 2016 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 25 Watt |
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