Atom D2560 vs Ryzen 5 2500U
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and Atom D2560 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 | Intel Atom |
| Power efficiency | 25.99 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Raven Ridge (2017−2018) | Cedarview (2011−2012) |
| Release date | 26 October 2017 (7 years ago) | 24 October 2012 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 2500U and Atom D2560 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 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Multiplier | 20 | no data |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 1 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4950 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 0.91V -1.21V |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and Atom D2560 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 | FCBGA559 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 10 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Atom D2560. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| vPro | no data | - |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| PAE | no data | 36 Bit |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Atom D2560 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Atom D2560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR3-800, DDR3-1066 |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | 4 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | 6.4 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 2500U and Atom D2560 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 2 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Atom D2560.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 4 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 26 October 2017 | 24 October 2012 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 10 Watt |
Ryzen 5 2500U has an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.
Atom D2560, on the other hand, has 50% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 2500U and Atom D2560. We've got no test results to judge.
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