Should you use AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX or AMD Ryzen 5 2500U? Well, your search ends here. Find out which Laptop chipset would work best for you. Compare the two models on the basis of their Performance, memory, IGPU and benchmark scores. AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX is manufactured by AMD in Pakistan whereas AMD Ryzen 5 2500U is manufactured by AMD in Pakistan. Base frequency and memory size are the primary matrices to judge the overall speed and performance of the chipset. AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX has a Base frequency of 3.3 GHz and 64 GB memory size whereas AMD Ryzen 5 2500U has a base frequency of 2.0 GHz and 32 GB memory.
Check detailed comparison below to compare specification for both models. Don't forget to check out expert opinion as well.
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Fabrication process | 7 nm | 14 nm |
TDP | 35-54 W | 15 W |
Max. temperature | 105°C | 95°C |
General | ||
Vendor | AMD | AMD |
Released | January 12, 2021 | October 26, 2017 |
Type | Laptop | Laptop |
instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
Codename | Cezanne | Raven Ridge |
Socket | FP6 | FP5 |
Integrated GPU | Radeon RX Vega 8 | Radeon Vega 8 |
Performance | ||
Cores | 8 | 4 |
Threads | 16 | 8 |
Base Frequency | 3.3 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.6 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
Multiplier | 33x | 20x |
L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 128K (per core) |
L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
L3 Cache | 16MB (shared) | 4MB (shared) |
Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | No |
IGPU | ||
Integrated Graphics | Radeon RX Vega 8 | Radeon Vega 8 |
GPU Boost Clock | 2100 MHz | 1100 MHz |
Shading Units | 512 | 512 |
TMUs | 32 | 32 |
ROPs | 8 | 8 |
TGP | 15 W | 65 W |
Memory | ||
Memory types | DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266 | DDR4-2400 |
Memory Size | 64 GB | 32 GB |
Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
Max. Memory Bandwidth | 68.27 GB/s | 35.76 GB/s |
ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc | ||
PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
PCI Express Lanes | 16 | 12 |
Official page | https://www.amd.com/en/products/apu/amd-ryzen-9-5900hx | https://www.amd.com/en/products/apu/amd-ryzen-5-2500u#product-specs |
Benchmarks | ||
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core) | 1485 | 791 |
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core) | 12789 | 2860 |
Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 3211 | 1828 |
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 23101 | 6537 |
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core) | 1485 | 766 |
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core) | 8229 | 2633 |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX has been announced on January 2021 whereas AMD Ryzen 5 2500U has been announced on October 2017. Check out detailed comparison with key specs below:
Passmark Score consists of 4 parameters: CPU, GPU, MEM, and UX. The Passmark score measures the performance of the CPU. Passmark score is that measures a processor's single core performance and evaluates multi core performance. The Passmark score value of AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX is 23101 whereas Passmark score value of AMD Ryzen 5 2500U is 6537.
Coming to the Memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX has a memory size of 64 GB while AMD Ryzen 5 2500U comes up with 32 GB. Max. Memory Channels used in the first compared laptop chipset is 2 and Max. Memory Channels used in the other laptop chipset 2.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX has 8 cores with 16 threads whereas AMD Ryzen 5 2500U has 4 cores with 16 threads. AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX has base frequency of 3.3 GHz whereas AMD Ryzen 5 2500Uhas base frequency of 2.0 GHz.