Ultra 9 285T vs Ryzen 5 2500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and Core Ultra 9 285T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1402	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	25.93	no data
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge (2017−2018)	Arrow Lake-S (2024−2025)
Release date	26 October 2017 (7 years ago)	January 2025

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2500U and Core Ultra 9 285T 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)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	8	24
Base clock speed	2 GHz	1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	5.4 GHz
Multiplier	20	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	112 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	3 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	3 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	243 mm2
Number of transistors	4950 Million	17,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and Core Ultra 9 285T 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	1851
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Core Ultra 9 285T. 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	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
TSX	-	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 2500U and Core Ultra 9 285T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Core Ultra 9 285T 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 Core Ultra 9 285T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR5 Depends on motherboard
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 Vega 8

Arc Xe2 Graphics 64EU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Core Ultra 9 285T.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	12	20

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	4	24
Threads	8	24
Chip lithography	14 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

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