A4-9125 SoC vs Ryzen 5 2500U
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and A4-9125 SoC processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1389 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 5 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 25.99 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Raven Ridge (2017−2018) | Stoney Ridge (2016−2019) |
| Release date | 26 October 2017 (7 years ago) | April 2017 (7 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 2500U and A4-9125 SoC 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| Multiplier | 20 | no data |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | 160 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 1 MB (shared) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | 125 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 4950 Million | 1,200 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and A4-9125 SoC 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) | 1 |
| Socket | FP5 | FT4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and A4-9125 SoC. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and A4-9125 SoC are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and A4-9125 SoC. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) | Radeon R3 2CU |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and A4-9125 SoC.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 8 |
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 28 nm |
Ryzen 5 2500U has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 2500U and A4-9125 SoC. We've got no test results to judge.
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