EPYC 9554 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and EPYC 9554 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1377	8
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	2.97
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	AMD EPYC
Power efficiency	26.50	18.50
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge (2017−2018)	Genoa (2022−2023)
Release date	8 January 2018 (6 years ago)	10 November 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$9,087

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and EPYC 9554 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)	64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads	8	128
Base clock speed	2 GHz	3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	3.1 GHz
Multiplier	20	31
L1 cache	384 KB	4 MB
L2 cache	2 MB	64 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm, 6 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	8x 72 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	4950 Million	52,560 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and EPYC 9554 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
Socket	FP5	SP5
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	360 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and EPYC 9554. 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 PRO 2500U and EPYC 9554 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and EPYC 9554. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	32 GB	6 TiB
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	460.8 GB/s
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 PRO 2500U and EPYC 9554.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	12	128

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	4.28	71.72
Recency	8 January 2018	10 November 2022
Physical cores	4	64
Threads	8	128
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	360 Watt

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