Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U vs Ryzen 5 2400G

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 2400G
2018
4 cores / 8 threads, 65 Watt
5.50
+31.3%
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U
2018
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.19

Ryzen 5 2400G outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U by a substantial 31% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2400G and Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking11621390
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.11no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency8.0126.44
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Raven Ridge (2017−2018)
Release date8 January 2018 (6 years ago)8 January 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$169no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2400G and Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads88
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz2 GHz
Multiplier3620
L1 cache386 KB384 KB
L2 cache2 MB2 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size209.78 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors4950 Million4950 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2400G and Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM4FP5
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Precision Boost 2++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size64 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth46.933 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 ( - 1250 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1100 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1212

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 2400G 5.50
+31.3%
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 4.19

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.

Ryzen 5 2400G 8731
+31.2%
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 6657

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.

Ryzen 5 2400G 1032
+17.5%
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 878

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.

Ryzen 5 2400G 3216
+25.2%
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 2569

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.

Ryzen 5 2400G 4805
+10.5%
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 4349

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.

Ryzen 5 2400G 21024
+46.7%
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 14336

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.

Ryzen 5 2400G 6672
+18.4%
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 5635

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.

Ryzen 5 2400G 6.9
+79.1%
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 12.36

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.

Ryzen 5 2400G 9
+55.6%
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 6

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 5 2400G 847
+53.1%
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 553

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.

Ryzen 5 2400G 156
+16.2%
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 134

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.

Ryzen 5 2400G 1.77
+14.2%
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 1.55

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.

Ryzen 5 2400G 5.2
+52.9%
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 3.4

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.

Ryzen 5 2400G 3846
+42.5%
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 2700

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.  

Ryzen 5 2400G 48
+41.4%
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 34

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.  

Ryzen 5 2400G 172
+75.6%
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 98

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 2400G 3885
+23.9%
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 3135

Blender(-)

Ryzen 5 2400G 551
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 1007
+82.9%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 2400G 1001
+12.9%
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 887

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 5 2400G 3909
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 4102
+4.9%

7-Zip

Ryzen 5 2400G 19885
+612%
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 2794

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

Ryzen 5 2400G 13211
+35.4%
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 9760

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

Ryzen 5 2400G 4226
+21.4%
Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 3480

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.50 4.19
Integrated graphics card 5.48 4.51
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 2400G has a 31.3% higher aggregate performance score, and 21.5% faster integrated GPU.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U, on the other hand, has 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 2400G is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 5 2400G is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U is a notebook one.


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