AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U vs AMD 3020e

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U is a mobile APU for thin and light business laptops that was announced in January 2017. Compared to the similar consumer Ryzen 5 2500U, the PRO 2500U offers additional security features and longer part availability / warranty.

It includes four Zen cores clocked at 2 to 3.6 GHz and offers 4 MB L3-Cache. The integrated graphics card is called Radeon RX Vega 8 and offers 8 CUs (512 Shaders) clocked at up to 1100 MHz. The TDP is configurable between 12 and 25 Watt (15 Watt nominal). More information on Raven Ridge can be found in our launch article.

AMD 3020e

The AMD 3020e (Codename Dali) is a mobile APU that integrates two Zen cores (without SMT, therefore 2 threads) clocked at 1.2 to 2.6 GHz. The TDP is specified at 6 Watt and therefore the chip can be passively cooled. The integrated Radeon graphics card offers 3 CUs at up to 1000 MHz (Radeon RX Vega 3). The dual channel memory controller supports only DDR4-2400. The chip is manufactured in 14nm and officially counted to the 3000 series of mobile processors.

AMD compares the performance of the 3015e against the entry level Intel Celeron N4120 (Quad-Core Atom). The AMD 3020e offers a significantly higher single core clock speed (+300 MHz) and a faster dual channel memory controller. Therefore, the performance should be higher in most cases, although the SMT support was removed. Still, the AMD 3020e is positioned in the low entry level of 2020 laptop processors. Therefore, the processor is only suited for low demanding applications and light multitasking.

More information on Raven Ridge can be found in our launch article.