Celeron N4020 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U
2017
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.29
+329%

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U outperforms Celeron N4020 by a whopping 329% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Celeron N4020 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking12932367
Place by popularitynot in top-10056
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Intel Gemini Lake
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date26 October 2017 (6 years ago)4 November 2019 (4 years ago)
Current price$611 $236

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Celeron N4020 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 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz2.8 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)4 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 °C
Number of transistors4500 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Celeron N4020 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
SocketFP5FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Celeron N4020. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Celeron N4020 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPXno data+
Identity Protectionno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Celeron N4020 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 PRO 2500U and Celeron N4020. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)Intel UHD Graphics 600
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Videono data+
Graphics max frequencyno data650 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Celeron N4020 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Celeron N4020 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Celeron N4020 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Celeron N4020.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes126
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

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 PRO 2500U 4.29
+329%
Celeron N4020 1.00

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U outperforms Celeron N4020 by 329% based on our aggregate 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 PRO 2500U 6636
+328%
Celeron N4020 1550

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U outperforms Celeron N4020 by 328% 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 PRO 2500U 888
+160%
Celeron N4020 342

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U outperforms Celeron N4020 by 160% 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 PRO 2500U 2553
+369%
Celeron N4020 544

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U outperforms Celeron N4020 by 369% 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 PRO 2500U 4349
+99.1%
Celeron N4020 2184

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U outperforms Celeron N4020 by 99% 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 PRO 2500U 14336
+224%
Celeron N4020 4427

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U outperforms Celeron N4020 by 224% 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 PRO 2500U 5635
+126%
Celeron N4020 2495

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U outperforms Celeron N4020 by 126% 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 PRO 2500U 12.36
+140%
Celeron N4020 29.66

Celeron N4020 outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U by 140% 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 PRO 2500U 6
+256%
Celeron N4020 2

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U outperforms Celeron N4020 by 256% 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 PRO 2500U 553
+335%
Celeron N4020 127

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U outperforms Celeron N4020 by 335% 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 PRO 2500U 134
+81.7%
Celeron N4020 74

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U outperforms Celeron N4020 by 82% 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 PRO 2500U 1.55
+64.9%
Celeron N4020 0.94

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U outperforms Celeron N4020 by 65% 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 PRO 2500U 3.4
+258%
Celeron N4020 1

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U outperforms Celeron N4020 by 258% 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 PRO 2500U 2700
+252%
Celeron N4020 766

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U outperforms Celeron N4020 by 252% in WinRAR 4.0.

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 PRO 2500U 34
+240%
Celeron N4020 10

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U outperforms Celeron N4020 by 240% in x264 encoding pass 2.

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 PRO 2500U 98
+95%
Celeron N4020 50

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U outperforms Celeron N4020 by 95% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.29 1.00
Integrated graphics card 4.49 0.86
Recency 26 October 2017 4 November 2019
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

The Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N4020 in performance tests.


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