i5-2490M vs Ryzen 5 5560U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5560U and Core i5-2490M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	791	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Ryzen 5	Intel Core i5
Power efficiency	60.24	no data
Architecture codename	Cezanne-U (Zen 3) (2021)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	1 December 2021 (2 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5560U and Core i5-2490M 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	4
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	2.7 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	27
L1 cache	384 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	3 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	8 MB	3 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm	32 nm
Die size	180 mm2	149 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	10,700 million	624 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5560U and Core i5-2490M 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	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FP6	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5560U and Core i5-2490M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	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	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5560U and Core i5-2490M are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5560U and Core i5-2490M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-3200, LPDDR4X-4267	DDR3-1333
Maximum memory size	no data	16 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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AMD Radeon Graphics

Intel HD Graphics 3000

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5560U and Core i5-2490M.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	8	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Integrated graphics card	1.98	0.66
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	4
Chip lithography	7 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

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