A10 Micro-6700T vs Ryzen 5 2500U

Place in the ranking	1389	2532
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	25.99	18.93
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge (2017−2018)	Mullins (2014)
Release date	26 October 2017 (7 years ago)	29 April 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2500U and A10 Micro-6700T 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	1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.2 GHz
Multiplier	20	no data
L1 cache	128K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	2048 KB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	246 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	4950 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and A10 Micro-6700T 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)	no data
Socket	FP5	FT3b
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	4.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and A10 Micro-6700T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	FMA4
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and A10 Micro-6700T are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and A10 Micro-6700T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3-1333
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)	AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 2500U and A10 Micro-6700T integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and A10 Micro-6700T integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and A10 Micro-6700T.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	12	no data

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 2500U 4.12
+358%

A10 Micro-6700T 0.90

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 2500U 6543
+359%

A10 Micro-6700T 1426

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 2500U 7
+346%

A10 Micro-6700T 1

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 2500U 1.59
+189%

A10 Micro-6700T 0.55

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 2500U 3.3
+255%

A10 Micro-6700T 0.9

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.12	0.90
Recency	26 October 2017	29 April 2014
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	4 Watt

Ryzen 5 2500U has a 357.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

A10 Micro-6700T, on the other hand, has 275% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 2500U is our recommended choice as it beats the A10 Micro-6700T in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 2500U and A10 Micro-6700T, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.