Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U vs Ryzen 5 2400G

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 2400G
2018
4 cores / 8 threads, 65 Watt
5.50
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
2021
8 cores / 16 threads, 15 Watt
10.66
+93.8%

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U outperforms Ryzen 5 2400G by an impressive 94% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2400G and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1162739
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.11no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency8.0067.21
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Cezanne-U PRO (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date12 February 2018 (6 years ago)16 March 2021 (3 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 7 PRO 5850U 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads816
Base clock speed3.6 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz4.4 GHz
Multiplier3619
L1 cache128K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die size210 mm2180 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors4,950 million10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2400G and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 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
SocketAM4FP6
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTPRO, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth46.933 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 11 ( - 1250 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 2000 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes128

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 10.66
+93.8%

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 8732
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 16925
+93.8%

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 1704
+65.1%

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 3217
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 6224
+93.5%

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 5817
+21.1%

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 27430
+30.5%

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 11656
+74.7%

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
+17.7%
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 8.12

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 17
+75.8%

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 1467
+73.3%

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 227
+45.8%

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 2.67
+50.8%

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
+23.8%
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 4.2

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 6290
+63.5%

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 83
+73.9%

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 218
+26.8%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 2400G 3885
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 6889
+77.3%

Blender(-)

Ryzen 5 2400G 551
+59.6%
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 345

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 2400G 1001
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 1436
+43.5%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 5 2400G 3909
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 5231
+33.8%

7-Zip

Ryzen 5 2400G 19885
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 44266
+123%

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 5 2400G 170
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 260
+52.9%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.50 10.66
Integrated graphics card 5.48 9.05
Recency 12 February 2018 16 March 2021
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 8 16
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U has a 93.8% higher aggregate performance score, 65.1% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 2400G in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 5 2400G is a desktop processor while Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 2400G and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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