i7-8560U vs Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Core i7-8560U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1376not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency26.50no data
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Whiskey Lake-U (2018−2019)
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)1 October 2018 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Core i7-8560U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads88
Base clock speed2 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz4.6 GHz
Multiplier20no data
L1 cache128K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors4950 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Core i7-8560U 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFP5Intel BGA 1528
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Core i7-8560U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTno data
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Core i7-8560U are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Core i7-8560U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)Intel UHD Graphics 620

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Core i7-8560U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1216

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 4.50 2.67
Recency 26 October 2017 1 October 2018

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U has 68.5% faster integrated GPU.

i7-8560U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Core i7-8560U. We've got no test results to judge.


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