Ryzen 3 5125C vs Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Ryzen 3 5125C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1371not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency26.44no data
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Barcelo (Zen 3) (2022−2023)
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)5 May 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Ryzen 3 5125C 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed2 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3 GHz
Multiplier20no data
L1 cache128K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die size246 mm2180 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C95 °C
Number of transistors4950 Million10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Ryzen 3 5125C 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
SocketFP5FP6
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Ryzen 3 5125C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX++
Precision Boost 2++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Ryzen 3 5125C are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Ryzen 3 5125C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4-3200
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)AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Ryzen 3 5125C.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes128

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 4.50 2.98
Recency 26 October 2017 5 May 2022
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U has 51% faster integrated GPU, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Ryzen 3 5125C, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Ryzen 3 5125C. We've got no test results to judge.


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