Pentium Dual T3200 vs Ryzen 5 2500U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 2500U
2017
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
3.68
+868%
Pentium Dual Core T3200
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 1 Watt
0.38

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Pentium Dual Core T3200 by a whopping 868% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking16513267
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Intel Pentium Dual Core
Power efficiency26.30no data
DesignerAMDIntel
ManufacturerGlobalFoundriesno data
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2019)Merom (2006−2008)
Release date26 October 2017 (8 years ago)1 October 2008 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium Dual Core T3200 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads82
Base clock speed2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz2 GHz
Bus rateno data667 MHz
Multiplier20no data
L1 cache96 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache512 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography14 nm65 nm
Die size210 mm2143 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors4,950 million291 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium Dual Core T3200 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 Watt1 MB

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium Dual Core T3200. 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 Pentium Dual Core T3200 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium Dual Core T3200. 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 Vega 8no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium Dual Core T3200.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes12no data

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

Ryzen 5 2500U 3.68
+868%
Pentium Dual T3200 0.38

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Ryzen 5 2500U 6494
+871%
Samples: 2824
Pentium Dual T3200 669
Samples: 361

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.

Ryzen 5 2500U 15684
+336%
Pentium Dual T3200 3600

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.68 0.38
Recency 26 October 2017 1 October 2008
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 1 Watt

Ryzen 5 2500U has a 868.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Dual T3200, on the other hand, has 1400% lower power consumption.

The AMD Ryzen 5 2500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Dual Core T3200 in performance tests.

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