AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme vs Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
            AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme
            
                
            
        
    
            Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
            
                $332
            
        
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                             8 Cores 
                            16 Threads 
                            2GHz Clock 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             12 Cores 
                            12 Threads 
                            2GHz Clock 
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| 
                             Socket 
                            FP8 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             Socket 
                            BGA 2049 
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                             iGPU 
                            
                                Radeon 890M 2900MHz
                            
                            5.94 TFLOPS FP32 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             iGPU 
                            
                                Graphics 4C 2050MHz
                            
                            2.1 TFLOPS FP32 
                         | 
                    
                
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                                         GB6S N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         GB6S N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB6M N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         GB6M N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         CB23S N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         CB23S N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         CB23M N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         CB23M N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            AMD
                                        
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                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            Intel
                                        
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                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Zen 5
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Arrow Lake
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Family 
                                        
                                            Z Series
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Family 
                                        
                                            Core Ultra Series 2
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
                            
| 
                                         Instruction Set (ISA) 
                                        x86-64 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Instruction Set (ISA) 
                                        x86-64 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Codename 
                                        Strix Point 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        P-Core 
                                        Zen 5 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        E-Core 
                                        Zen 5c 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Codename 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        Arrow Lake-U-2P-8E 
                                        P-Core 
                                        Lion Cove 
                                        M-Core 
                                        Skymont 
                                        E-Core 
                                        Crestmont 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Market Segment 
                                        Laptop 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Market Segment 
                                        Laptop 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Release Date 
                                        1/6/2025 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Release Date 
                                        1/6/2025 
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                                         Foundry 
                                        TSMC 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Foundry 
                                        Intel 
                                        TSMC (iGPU Die) 
                                        TSMC (SoC Die) 
                                        TSMC (IO Die) 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Node 
                                        N4P 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Node 
                                        Intel 3 
                                        N5 (iGPU Die) 
                                        N6 (SoC Die) 
                                        N6 (IO Die) 
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                                         Die Size 
                                        233 mm² 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         Die Size 
                                        Unknown 
                                        23 mm² (iGPU Die) 
                                        100 mm² (SoC Die) 
                                        10 mm² (IO Die) 
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                                         Transistor Count 
                                        28 Billion 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Transistor Count 
                                        Unknown 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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| 
                                         8 Cores 
                                        4 P-Cores 
                                        - 
                                        4 E-Cores 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         12 Cores 
                                        2 P-Cores 
                                        8 M-Cores 
                                        2 E-Cores 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         16 Threads 
                                        8 P-Threads 
                                        - 
                                        8 E-Threads 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         12 Threads 
                                        2 P-Threads 
                                        8 M-Cores 
                                        2 E-Threads 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         - 
                                        2GHz 
                                        5GHz Boost 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         P-Core 
                                        2GHz 
                                        4.9GHz Boost 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         M-Core 
                                        1.6GHz 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         E-Core 
                                        700MHz 
                                        2.4GHz Boost 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Overclocking 
                                        Locked 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Overclocking 
                                        Locked 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Type 
                                        PCIe 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Integrated Chipset 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         Transfer Rate 
                                        16GT/s 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         Lanes 
                                        4 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         Bandwidth 
                                        8GB/s 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         Bi-directional 
                                        16GB/s 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         L0 Instruction 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L0 Instruction 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
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                                         L0 Data 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
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                                         L0 Data 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
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                                         L1 Instruction 
                                        32KB/Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         L1 Instruction 
                                        64KB/P-Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        64KB/E-Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
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                                         L1 Data 
                                        48KB/Core 
                                        12-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L1 Data 
                                        48KB/P-Core 
                                        12-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        32KB/E-Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
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                                         L2 
                                        1024KB/Core 
                                        16-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L2 
                                        3072KB/Core 
                                        10-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        8MB Shared (E-Core) 
                                        16-way set associative 
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                                         L3 
                                        - 
                                        16MB Shared 
                                        - 
                                        16-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         L3 
                                        - 
                                        36MB Shared 
                                        - 
                                        12-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         Channels 
                                        2 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Channels 
                                        2 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Max Memory 
                                        128GB 
                                        64GB 
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Max Memory 
                                        128GB 
                                        128GB 
                                        
                                        
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                                         ECC 
                                        Not Supported 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         ECC 
                                        Not Supported 
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                                         Bus Width/Channel 
                                        64Bit 
                                        Bus Width 
                                        128Bit 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bus Width/Channel 
                                        64Bit 
                                        Bus Width 
                                        128Bit 
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                                         Clock 
                                        3750MHz 
                                        2800MHz 
                                        
                                        
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        7500MT/s 
                                        5600MT/s 
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Clock 
                                        4200MHz 
                                        3200MHz 
                                        
                                        
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        8400MT/s 
                                        6400MT/s 
                                        
                                        
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                                         Bandwidth/Channel 
                                        60.0GB/s 
                                        44.8GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        120.0GB/s 
                                        89.6GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bandwidth/Channel 
                                        67.2GB/s 
                                        51.2GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        134.4GB/s 
                                        102.4GB/s 
                                        
                                        
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                                         TDP 
                                        28W 
                                        15W cTDP Down 
                                        30W cTDP Up 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         TDP 
                                        15W 
                                        12W cTDP Down 
                                        - 
                                        57W Peak 
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                                         Temp 
                                        100°C Max 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Temp 
                                        110°C Max 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Included Cooler 
                                            
                                            Not Included 
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Included Cooler 
                                            
                                            Not Included 
                                        
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                                         PCIe 4.0 x16 Lanes 
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         PCIe 4.0 x20 Lanes 
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                            Radeon 890M 2900MHz
                                        
                                         1024 Shaders 
                                        2900MHz 
                                        5.94 TFLOPS FP32 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            Graphics 4C 2050MHz
                                        
                                         512 Shaders 
                                        2050MHz 
                                        2.1 TFLOPS FP32 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         No NPU 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                         AI Boost 3 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        2 Cores 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         -  
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         13 TOPS INT8 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         No Cellular 
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                                         No Cellular 
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