Pentium Gold 4417U vs Ryzen 5 2500U

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Aggregated performance score

Ryzen 5 2500U
2017
4 cores / 8 threads
4.20
+102%
Pentium Gold 4417U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads
2.08

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 102% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium Gold 4417U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking12781769
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Intel Kaby Lake Refresh
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Kaby Lake Refresh (2017−2019)
Release date26 October 2017 (6 years ago)15 February 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$161
Current price$674 $423 (2.6x MSRP)

Technical specs

Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium Gold 4417U 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)
Threads84
Base clock speed2 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz2.3 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)256 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)2 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors4500 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium Gold 4417U 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
SocketFP5FCBGA1356,FC-BGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium Gold 4417U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
SIPPno data-
Smart Responseno data+
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium Gold 4417U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPXno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium Gold 4417U are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium Gold 4417U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4, DDR3
Maximum memory size32 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s34.1 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)Intel HD Graphics 610
Max video memoryno data32 GB
Quick Sync Videono data+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data950 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium Gold 4417U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium Gold 4417U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium Gold 4417U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Pentium Gold 4417U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1212

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 4.20
+102%
Pentium Gold 4417U 2.08

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 102% based on our aggregated 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 6548
+102%
Pentium Gold 4417U 3240

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 102% 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 810
+89.3%
Pentium Gold 4417U 428

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 89% 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 2331
+163%
Pentium Gold 4417U 888

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 163% 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
+23.5%
Pentium Gold 4417U 3570

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 24% 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
+95.8%
Pentium Gold 4417U 8012

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 96% 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
+50.7%
Pentium Gold 4417U 3204

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 51% 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
+107%
Pentium Gold 4417U 21.15

Pentium Gold 4417U outperforms Ryzen 5 2500U by 107% 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
+158%
Pentium Gold 4417U 3

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 158% 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
+167%
Pentium Gold 4417U 228

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 167% 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
+53.9%
Pentium Gold 4417U 89

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 54% 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
+47.2%
Pentium Gold 4417U 1.08

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 47% 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
+136%
Pentium Gold 4417U 1.4

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 136% 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
+35.4%
Pentium Gold 4417U 1792

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 35% in WinRAR 4.0.

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
+49.2%
Pentium Gold 4417U 81

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 49% in x264 encoding pass 1.

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
+123%
Pentium Gold 4417U 16

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 123% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 5 2500U 3383
+50.1%
Pentium Gold 4417U 2254

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 50% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 5 2500U 11301
+131%
Pentium Gold 4417U 4882

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 131% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 5 2500U 10616
+101%
Pentium Gold 4417U 5280

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 101% in Geekbench 2.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

Ryzen 5 2500U 9548
+89.9%
Pentium Gold 4417U 5029

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 90% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

Ryzen 5 2500U 3582
+37.8%
Pentium Gold 4417U 2599

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 38% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 4.20 2.08
Integrated graphics card 4.49 1.84
Recency 26 October 2017 15 February 2019
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4

The Ryzen 5 2500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 4417U in performance tests.


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