AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Core i5-8260U

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
Intel Core i5-8260U
4 Cores
8 Threads
2GHz Clock
4 Cores
8 Threads
1.6GHz Clock
Socket
FP5
Socket
BGA 1528
iGPU
Radeon Vega 8 1100MHz
1.13 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
UHD 630 1050MHz
400 GFLOPS FP32

GB6 Single-Core

  • 23% slower vs Core i5-8260U
  • 29% faster vs Ryzen 5 2500U
Ryzen 5 2500U - GB6S 950
x1
Core i5-8260U - GB6S 1,230
x1.29

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 40% slower vs Core i5-8260U
  • 67% faster vs Ryzen 5 2500U
Ryzen 5 2500U - GB6M 2,450
x1
Core i5-8260U - GB6M 4,100
x1.67
  • 10% slower vs Core i5-8260U
  • 11% faster vs Ryzen 5 2500U
Ryzen 5 2500U - 38.4GB/s
x1
Core i5-8260U - 42.7GB/s
x1.11
  • Same TDP vs Core i5-8260U
  • Same TDP vs Ryzen 5 2500U
Ryzen 5 2500U - 15W
x1
Core i5-8260U - 15W
x1
  • 2.83x faster vs Core i5-8260U
  • 65% slower vs Ryzen 5 2500U
Ryzen 5 2500U - 1.13 TFLOPS FP32
x2.83
Core i5-8260U - 400 GFLOPS FP32
x1
GB6S 950
23%
GB6S 1,230
30%
GB6M 4,100
15%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Architecture
Zen
Architecture
Skylake
Family
Ryzen 2000
Family
Core 8th Gen
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
Raven Ridge
-
Codename
Coffee Lake-U
Coffee Lake-4C-GT2
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
10/26/2017
Release Date
4/5/2018
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
-
Foundry
Intel
Intel (PCH Die)
Node
14LP
-
Node
14nm++
14nm (PCH Die)
Die Size
210 mm²
-
Die Size
126 mm²
37 mm² (PCH Die)
Transistor Count
4.9 Billion
Transistor Count
2.1 Billion
4 Cores
4 Cores
8 Threads
8 Threads
2GHz
3.6GHz Boost
1.6GHz
3.9GHz Boost
Overclocking
Locked
Overclocking
Locked
Type
PCIe
Type
DMI
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
Lanes
4
Lanes
4
Bandwidth
4GB/s
Bandwidth
4GB/s
Bi-directional
8GB/s
Bi-directional
8GB/s
L1 Instruction
64KB/Core
4-way set associative
L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
L2
512KB/Core
8-way set associative
L2
256KB/Core
4-way set associative
L3
4MB Shared
16-way set associative
L3
6MB Shared
16-way set associative
Channels
2
Channels
2
Max Memory
64GB
Max Memory
64GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1200MHz
Transfer Rate
2400MT/s
Clock
1333MHz
Transfer Rate
2666MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
19.2GB/s
Bandwidth
38.4GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
21.3GB/s
Bandwidth
42.7GB/s
TDP
15W
12W cTDP Down
25W cTDP Up
TDP
15W
10W cTDP Down
-
Temp
95°C Max
Temp
100°C Max
PCIe 3.0 x8 Lanes
PCIe 3.0 x16 Lanes
Radeon Vega 8 1100MHz
512 Shaders
1100MHz
1.13 TFLOPS FP32
UHD 630 1050MHz
192 Shaders
1050MHz
400 GFLOPS FP32
No NPU
No NPU
No Cellular
No Cellular
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