PRO A12-9830B vs Ryzen 5 2500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and PRO A12-9830B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1364	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	AMD Bristol Ridge
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	26 October 2017 (6 years ago)	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2500U and PRO A12-9830B 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	2 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	3.7 GHz
Multiplier	20	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	2048 KB
L3 cache	4 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	250 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	4950 Million	3100 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and PRO A12-9830B 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	AM4	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	25-45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and PRO A12-9830B. 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	+	+
FMA	-	FMA4
AVX	+	AVX
FRTC	-	+
FreeSync	-	+
PowerTune	-	+
TrueAudio	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
Out-of-band client management	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
RAID	-	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and PRO A12-9830B are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and PRO A12-9830B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	8
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 2500U and PRO A12-9830B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and PRO A12-9830B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and PRO A12-9830B.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	8

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	26 October 2017	1 June 2016
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	25 Watt

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