AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs AMD 3015e. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 2000U AMD 3000e
• Family
  Ryzen AMD
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops Laptops / Desktops
• Generation
  1 4
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Series
  Ryzen 2000 Series AMD 3000 Series

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2 GHz 1.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  3.6 GHz 2.3 GHz
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.6 GHz 2.3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 1.6 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  8 3
• Generation
  8 8
• GPU Frequency
  1100 MHz 600 MHz
• GPU name
  Radeon Vega 8 Graphics AMD Radeon Graphics
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Graphics Cores
  8 3
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q1/2018
• Shader
  512 192
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD 3015e and AMD Ryzen 5 2500U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR4
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  12 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -
• System Memory Specification
  2400 1600

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 2500U and AMD 3015e Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Configurable TDP
  12-25 W -
• Default TDP
  15 W 6 W
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 105 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 6 W
• TDP down
  12 W -
• TDP up
  25 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 2500U and AMD 3015e, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Raven Ridge (Zen) Dali (Zen)
• Codename
  Raven Ridge Pollock
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L1-Cache
  0.375 MB -
• L2-Cache
  2 MB 1 MB
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 4 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  YM2500C4T4MFB AM3015BRP2OFJ
• Official source
  https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html
• Operating systems
  Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Release date
  2017-10-26 2020-07-06
• Socket
  FP5 FT5
• Technology
  14nm 14nm
• Verification scope
  Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved. Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved.
• Verified on
  2026-10-01 2026-10-01
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM