Pentium 8505 (IPU) vs Ryzen 5 2500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 8505 (IPU) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1390not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency25.99no data
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Alder Lake-U (2022)
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)23 February 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 8505 (IPU) 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)5 (Penta-Core)
Threads86
Base clock speed2 GHz1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz4.4 GHz
Multiplier20no data
L1 cache128K (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Number of transistors4950 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 8505 (IPU) 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)1
SocketFP5Intel BGA 1744
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 8505 (IPU). 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++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 8505 (IPU) technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 8505 (IPU) are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 8505 (IPU). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel
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 card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)Intel UHD Graphics 48EU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium 8505 (IPU).

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes1220

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 October 2017 23 February 2022
Physical cores 4 5
Threads 8 6
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm

Ryzen 5 2500U has 33.3% more threads.

Pentium 8505 (IPU), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, 25% more physical cores, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

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