Celeron 4205U vs Ryzen 5 2500U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 2500U
2017
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.11
+378%
Celeron 4205U
2019
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
0.86

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Celeron 4205U by a whopping 378% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and Celeron 4205U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking14022571
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Intel Celeron
Power efficiency25.935.43
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Whiskey Lake-U (2018−2019)
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)23 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$107

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2500U and Celeron 4205U 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 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2 GHz1.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplier2018
L1 cache384 KB128 KB
L2 cache2 MB512 KB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors4950 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and Celeron 4205U 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)
SocketFP5Intel BGA 1528
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Celeron 4205U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTno data
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Celeron 4205U are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Celeron 4205U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon Vega 8Intel HD Graphics 610 (300 - 900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Celeron 4205U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1212

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 4.11
+378%
Celeron 4205U 0.86

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 6536
+378%
Celeron 4205U 1367

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 811
+129%
Celeron 4205U 354

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 2375
+296%
Celeron 4205U 600

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 5 2500U 609
+348%
Celeron 4205U 136

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.11 0.86
Integrated graphics card 4.51 1.85
Recency 26 October 2017 23 January 2019
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2

Ryzen 5 2500U has a 377.9% higher aggregate performance score, 143.8% faster integrated GPU, and 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Celeron 4205U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

The Ryzen 5 2500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron 4205U in performance tests.


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