Ryzen 3 3300 vs Ryzen 5 2500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 3 3300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1389	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	25.95	no data
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge (2017−2018)	Zen 2 (2017−2020)
Release date	26 October 2017 (7 years ago)	March 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 3 3300 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)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	8	no data
Base clock speed	2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	3.2 GHz
Multiplier	20	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	96K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	4950 Million	4800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 3 3300 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	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 3 3300. 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	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 3 3300 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 Ryzen 3 3300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4
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 RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 3 3300.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	12	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	4	6
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt

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