AMD Ryzen Z2: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen Z2 provides acceptable benchmark performance at 7.65% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
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Summary
AMD started Ryzen Z2 sales 6 January 2025. This is a Hawk Point-U (Zen 4) architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, and is based on 4 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 5100 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FP7/FP7r2/FP8 processor with a TDP of 28 Watt. It supports DDR5 memory.
Primary details
Ryzen Z2 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 1031 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | AMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c) | |
| Power efficiency | 26.17 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Designer | AMD | |
| Architecture codename | Hawk Point-U (Zen 4) (2023−2025) | |
| Release date | 6 January 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | |
| Threads | 16 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.3 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 5.1 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 178 mm2 | |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | of 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950) |
| 64 bit support | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen Z2 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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.
| Socket | FP7/FP7r2/FP8 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Z2. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen Z2's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Ryzen Z2.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 780M |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Ryzen Z2. Overall benchmark performance 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.
Send your test results of Ryzen Z2.
Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Ryzen Z2 is Core Ultra 5 134U, which is faster by 2% and higher by 14 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest Intel rivals to Ryzen Z2:
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