AMD Mobile Ryzen 5 2500U Vs Ryzen 7 2700U Specifications Comparison

With the Ryzen processing cores and Vega graphics, AMD promises a comeback to the performance laptops. The Ryzen series is built on AMD SenseMI technology to deliver a brilliant processor. The SenseMI technology is a set of machine learning and auto-adaptive features that help AMD Ryzen processors to customize its performance as per the application demand and preserve power.

Both Ryzen 7 2700U and Ryzen 5 2500U are quad-core processors with eight threads. But the difference is in the clock frequency and GPU of both the processors. While the former has 2.2 GHz as base clock speed with maximum turbo core speed of up to 3.8 GHz, the latter one has 2 GHz of clock speed and 3.6 GHz of maximum turbo core speed.

The second main difference is the GPU unit. Ryzen 5 2500U features Vega 8 integrated graphics while the Ryzen 7 2700U packs Vega 10 integrated graphics. Vega 10 having 10 GPU cores is apparently much better than the Vega 8, with 8 GPU cores. Both the processors share the same L2 cache of 2 MB and a shared L3 cache of 4 MB memory. Unlike the Ryzen series, the Ryzen Mobile processors are not unlocked, means you can’t overclock them.

Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 7 2700U are built on the 14 nm CMOS fabrication process (0.014 μm, 1.4e-5 mm) and support dual-channel DDR4 RAM over a 128-bit memory interface. Both the Ryzen Mobile processor has very low TDP of 15 watts. AMD promises them to be both power-efficient yet high performing processors. Overall, The Ryzen 7 2700U and Ryzen 5 2500U are amazing chips for notebooks.  While the Ryzen 5 2500U could easily handle most of the high-end software and games, but with the flagship Ryzen 7 2700U, you will apparently get far better performance whether you are multitasking or running heavy software or games.

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