Celeron 787 vs Ryzen 5 2500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and Celeron 787 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1390not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Intel Celeron
Power efficiency25.99no data
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)1 July 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$107

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2500U and Celeron 787 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads81
Base clock speed2 GHz1.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz1.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rateno data4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplier2013
L1 cache128K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)1.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm32 nm
Die size246 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors4950 Million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and Celeron 787 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)
SocketFP5FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Celeron 787. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI+-
FMA-+
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 2500U and Celeron 787 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Celeron 787 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Celeron 787. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR3
Maximum memory size32 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s21.335 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data950 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 2500U and Celeron 787 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Celeron 787.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes1216

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 October 2017 1 July 2011
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 8 1
Chip lithography 14 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 17 Watt

Ryzen 5 2500U has an age advantage of 6 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 13.3% lower power consumption.

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