Ryzen 5 5600HS vs Ryzen 5 2500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 5 5600HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1383	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency	26.02	no data
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge (2017−2018)	Cezanne-HS (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date	26 October 2017 (7 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 5 5600HS 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)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	8	12
Base clock speed	2 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	4.2 GHz
Multiplier	20	30
L1 cache	384 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	3 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	180 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	4950 Million	10,700 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 5 5600HS 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)	1
Socket	FP5	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 5 5600HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 5 5600HS are enumerated here.

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 5 5600HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

AMD Radeon Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 5 5600HS.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Integrated graphics card	4.50	7.46
Recency	26 October 2017	12 January 2021
Physical cores	4	6
Threads	8	12
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

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