Xeon E5-2689A v4 vs Ryzen 5 2500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and Xeon E5-2689A v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1382	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	Intel Xeon E5
Power efficiency	26.02	no data
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge (2017−2018)	Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date	26 October 2017 (7 years ago)	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2500U and Xeon E5-2689A v4 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	8	16
Base clock speed	2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus type	no data	QPI
Bus rate	no data	2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplier	20	34
L1 cache	384 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	20 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	246.24 mm2
Number of transistors	4950 Million	3200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and Xeon E5-2689A v4 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)	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FP5	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	145 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Xeon E5-2689A v4. 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 Xeon E5-2689A v4 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 Xeon E5-2689A v4 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Xeon E5-2689A v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	no data
Maximum memory size	32 GB	1,536 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 RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Xeon E5-2689A v4.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	40

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	26 October 2017	20 June 2016
Physical cores	4	8
Threads	8	16
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	145 Watt

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