Athlon PRO 200GE vs Ryzen 5 2500U

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 2500U
2017
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.12
+77.6%
Athlon PRO 200GE
2018
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
2.32

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Athlon PRO 200GE by an impressive 78% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon PRO 200GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking13911795
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5AMD Athlon
Power efficiency25.996.27
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Zen (2017−2020)
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)1 June 2018 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon PRO 200GE 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads82
Base clock speed2 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.2 GHz
Multiplier2032
L1 cache128K (per core)96K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size246 mm2209.78 mm2
Number of transistors4950 Million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon PRO 200GE 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)
SocketFP5AM4
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon PRO 200GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon PRO 200GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon PRO 200GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size32 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon Vega 8AMD Radeon Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon PRO 200GE.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes12no 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
+77.6%
Athlon PRO 200GE 2.32

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 6542
+77.1%
Athlon PRO 200GE 3693

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 2500U 809
Athlon PRO 200GE 932
+15.2%

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 2500U 2369
+25.5%
Athlon PRO 200GE 1887

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.12 2.32
Integrated graphics card 4.50 2.98
Recency 26 October 2017 1 June 2018
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt

Ryzen 5 2500U has a 77.6% higher aggregate performance score, 51% faster integrated GPU, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

Athlon PRO 200GE, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months.

The Ryzen 5 2500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon PRO 200GE in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 2500U is a notebook processor while Athlon PRO 200GE is a desktop one.


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