Pentium A1020 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U outperforms Pentium A1020 by a whopping 467% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1615 | 2952 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 5 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 10.59 | 2.80 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | no data |
| Architecture codename | Raven Ridge (2017−2019) | no data |
| Release date | 8 January 2019 (6 years ago) | 1 January 2016 (9 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Pentium A1020 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.41 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 2.7 GHz |
| Multiplier | 20 | no data |
| L1 cache | 96 KB (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | no data |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 2 MB L2 Cache |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 22 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4950 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Pentium A1020 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 | FCBGA1170 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 10 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Pentium A1020. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Security technologies
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Pentium A1020 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | no data | + |
| Anti-Theft | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Pentium A1020 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Pentium A1020. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR3L-1333 |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | 21.3 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1100 MHz) | Intel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 Series |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 896 MHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Pentium A1020 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 2 |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Pentium A1020 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | 11.2 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Pentium A1020.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 4 |
| USB revision | no data | 3.0 and 2.0 |
| Total number of SATA ports | no data | 2 |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 5 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.74 | 0.66 |
| Integrated graphics card | 4.15 | 0.72 |
| Recency | 8 January 2019 | 1 January 2016 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 10 Watt |
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U has a 466.7% higher aggregate performance score, 476.4% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more threads, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.
Pentium A1020, on the other hand, has 50% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium A1020 in performance tests.
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