AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme vs AMD Ryzen Z2 A processor comparison: performance score, cores and clock speeds, cache, TDP, integrated graphics and NPU. The better value in each row is highlighted in green.
Summary
AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme offers more cores (8 vs 4), more threads (16 vs 8), a higher clock speed (5.0 GHz vs 3.8 GHz), more L3 cache (16 MB vs 4 MB), and a smaller manufacturing process (4 nm vs 7 nm). AMD Ryzen Z2 A offers a lower TDP (15 W vs 28 W).
Performance score
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Key specs
Cores & Threads8/16
Cores & Threads4/8
Turbo5.0 GHz
Turbo3.8 GHz
L3 cache16 MB
L3 cache4 MB
TDP28 W
TDP15 W
iGPUAMD Radeon 890M
iGPUAMD Radeon Graphics
General
SeriesRyzen Z
SeriesRyzen Z
CodenameStrix Point
CodenameVan Gogh
CPU architectureZen 5, Zen 5c
CPU architectureZen 2
FoundryTSMC
FoundryTSMC
Process node4 nm
Process node7 nm
Instruction setx86-64
Instruction setx86-64
Release dateJune 8, 2025
Release dateJune 8, 2025
Cores and clocks
Cores & Threads8/16
Cores & Threads4/8
3× Zen 5
- Turbo clock
- 5.0 GHz
- Base clock
- 2.0 GHz
4× Zen 2
- Turbo clock
- 3.8 GHz
- Base clock
- 2.8 GHz
5× Zen 5c
- Turbo clock
- 3.3 GHz
- Base clock
- 2.0 GHz
Cache
L3 cache16 MB
L3 cache4 MB
L2 cache8 MB
L2 cache2 MB
L1 cache640 KB
L1 cache256 KB
TDP
TDP28 W
TDP15 W
cTDP15 - 35 W
cTDP6 - 20 W
Max temperature100 °C
Max temperature95 °C
Connectivity
Memory supportN/A
Memory supportLPDDR5-5500
Memory channelsN/A
Memory channels2
PCIe version4.0
PCIe version3.0
PCIe lanes16
PCIe lanes4
Graphics
ModelAMD Radeon 890M
ModelAMD Radeon Graphics
iGPU architectureRDNA 3.5
iGPU architectureRDNA 2
Compute units16
Compute units8
Clock2900 MHz
Clock1800 MHz
AI
Total TOPSN/A
No NPU
NPU TOPS50
iGPU TOPSN/A