HD Graphics 520 vs Ryzen 5 2500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and HD Graphics 520 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	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	Intel HD Graphics
Power efficiency	25.93	no data
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge (2017−2018)	Gen9
Release date	26 October 2017 (7 years ago)	no data

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2500U and HD Graphics 520 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)	no data
Threads	8	no data
Base clock speed	2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	0.35 GHz
Multiplier	20	no data
L1 cache	128K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm
Die size	246 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	4950 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and HD Graphics 520 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	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and HD Graphics 520. 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	+	-
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and HD Graphics 520 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and HD Graphics 520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	no data
Maximum memory size	32 GB	32,768 MB 33,554,432 KB 34,359,738,368 B 0.0313 TiB 32 GB
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

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and HD Graphics 520.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	12	no data

Pros & cons summary

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