Ryzen 3 1300 vs Ryzen 5 2500U

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 3 1300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1403not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency25.93no data
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Zen (2017−2020)
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)11 April 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 3 1300 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 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Multiplier20no data
L1 cache128K (per core)96 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size246 mm2192 mm2
Number of transistors4950 Million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 3 1300 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
SocketFP5AM4
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 3 1300. 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 Ryzen 3 1300 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 3 1300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4 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 cardAMD Radeon Vega 8no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 3 1300.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes12no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 October 2017 11 April 2017
Threads 8 4
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt

Ryzen 5 2500U has an age advantage of 6 months, 100% more threads, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 3 1300. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 2500U is a notebook processor while Ryzen 3 1300 is a desktop one.


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