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AMD Ryzen 5 2500U Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-05-05

The AMD Ryzen 5 2500U has 4 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 1. gen of the AMD Ryzen 5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the AM4 (PGA 1331) socket and was released in Q4/2017. The AMD Ryzen 5 2500U scores 672 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 2,524 points.

At a glance
Name:	AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
Family:	AMD Ryzen 5 (92)
CPU group:	AMD Ryzen 2000U (7)
Architecture:	Raven Ridge (Zen)
Technology:	14 nm
Segment:	Notebook
Generation:	1
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 5 2500U has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 2500U is 2.00 GHz (3.60 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	4 / 8
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	4x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	2.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores):	3.00 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--
NPU + CPU + iGPU:	--

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD Ryzen 5 2500U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD Ryzen 5 2500U uses the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Raven Ridge), which has 512 texture shaders and 8 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Raven Ridge)
GPU frequency:	1.10 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	No turbo
Compute units:	8
Shader:	512
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q1/2018

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	8
Direct X:	12
Technology:	14 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	2 GB
Frame Generation:	No

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	Decode / Encode
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode / Encode
VP9:	Decode / Encode

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 32 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR4-2400	38.4 GB/s
Max. Memory:	32 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	Yes
PCIe:	3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth:	11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	15 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	25 W
TDP down:	12 W
Tjunction max.:	95 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 5 2500U is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 4.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	14 nm
Chip design:	Chiplet
Socket:	AM4 (PGA 1331)
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	4.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date:	Q4/2017
Release price:	150 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
4C 8T @ 2.00 GHz (3.60 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the AMD Ryzen 5 2500U have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Processor N100 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	821
	Intel Core i5-7200U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	806
	Intel Core i7-6500U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	801
	AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	797
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	797
	Intel Core i7-4800MQ 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	789
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	779

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-8250U 4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	3118
	Intel Core i5-8350U 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	2911
	Intel Core i3-1115G4 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2873
	AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	2865
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	2865
	Intel Processor N95 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	2724
	Intel Core i7-2860QM 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	2723

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Atom x6413E 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	676
	Intel Atom x6425E 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	676
	Intel Core m3-7Y30 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	675
	AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	672
	Intel Core i5-3230M 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	672
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	672
	Intel Core i5-5250U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	671

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	2579
	Intel Core i7-2760QM 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	2556
	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U 4C 4T @ 2.10 GHz	2544
	AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	2524
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	2524
	Intel Core i5-6350HQ 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	2523
	Intel Core i5-6300HQ 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	2523

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-8250U 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	348
	Intel Processor N100 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	347
	AMD Athlon 240GE 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	334
	AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	328
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	328
	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	328
	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	328

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-8365U 4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	1400
	Intel Core i5-8365UE 4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	1380
	Intel Core i7-4750HQ 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	1369
	AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	1352
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	1352
	Intel Core i7-8650U 4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	1299
	Intel Core i7-4720HQ 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	1279

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Core i7-1060G7 Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 @ 1.10 GHz	1126
	Intel Core i7-1060NG7 Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 @ 1.10 GHz	1126
	Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 @ 1.10 GHz	1126
	AMD Ryzen 5 2500U AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz	1126
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600H AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz	1126
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz	1126
	Intel Core i5-1240U Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) @ 0.90 GHz	1115

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core i5-1035G4 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	8050
	Intel Core i7-8557U 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	8014
	Intel Core i5-8279U 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	7965
	AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	7956
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	7956
	AMD Ryzen 5 3550H 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	7903
	Intel Core i5-8400H 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	7902

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i5-8250U 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	361
	Intel Core i5-7300HQ 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	359
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	350
	AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	329
	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	325
	Intel Core i7-6700HQ 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	325
	Intel Core i5-7200U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	287

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i7-3610QM 4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	1525
	Intel Core i7-4710HQ 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	1508
	Intel Core i7-4700HQ 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1497
	AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	1462
	Intel Core i7-4700MQ 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1455
	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U 4C 8T @ 2.10 GHz	1443
	Intel Core i7-3632QM 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	1434

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-6360U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	131
	Intel Core i7-5600U 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	131
	Intel Core i7-5650U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	131
	AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	130
	Intel Core i5-4200H 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	130
	Intel Core i7-4712MQ 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	130
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	130

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-7440HQ 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	594
	Intel Core i5-1030G4 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	591
	Intel Core i7-3630QM 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	590
	AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	584
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	584
	AMD Ryzen 3 4300U 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	578
	Intel Core i5-8350U 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	571

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
635 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
617 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,506 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,474 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
663 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
611 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,132 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,446 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
240 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
742 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,108 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,104 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

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