Athlon 64 X2 4000+ vs Ryzen 5 2500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 X2 4000+ 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	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	no data
Power efficiency	26.01	no data
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge (2017−2018)	Windsor (2006−2007)
Release date	26 October 2017 (7 years ago)	May 2006 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 X2 4000+ 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	no data
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	2 GHz
Multiplier	20	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	512K
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	90 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	220 mm2
Number of transistors	4950 Million	154 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 X2 4000+ 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	AM2
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 X2 4000+. 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	+	-
AVX	+	-
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 X2 4000+ are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 X2 4000+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	no data
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)

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 X2 4000+.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	89 Watt

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