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AMD Ryzen Z2 vs AMD Ryzen Z2 A

AMD Ryzen Z2 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 Z2 offers more cores (8 vs 4), more threads (16 vs 8), a higher clock speed (5.1 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
Turbo5.1 GHz
Turbo3.8 GHz
L3 cache16 MB
L3 cache4 MB
TDP28 W
TDP15 W
iGPUAMD Radeon 780M
iGPUAMD Radeon Graphics

General

SeriesRyzen Z
SeriesRyzen Z
CodenameHawk Point
CodenameVan Gogh
CPU architectureZen 4
CPU architectureZen 2
FoundryTSMC
FoundryTSMC
Process node4 nm
Process node7 nm
Instruction setx86-64
Instruction setx86-64
Release dateJanuary 6, 2025
Release dateJune 8, 2025

Cores and clocks

Cores & Threads8/16
Cores & Threads4/8

8× Zen 4

Turbo clock
5.1 GHz
Base clock
3.3 GHz

4× Zen 2

Turbo clock
3.8 GHz
Base clock
2.8 GHz

Cache

L3 cache16 MB
L3 cache4 MB
L2 cache8 MB
L2 cache2 MB
L1 cache512 KB
L1 cache256 KB

TDP

TDP28 W
TDP15 W
cTDP15 - 30 W
cTDP6 - 20 W
Max temperature100 °C
Max temperature95 °C

Connectivity

Memory supportLPDDR5x-7500DDR5-5600
Memory supportLPDDR5-5500
Memory channels2
Memory channels2
PCIe version4.0
PCIe version3.0
PCIe lanes20
PCIe lanes4

Graphics

ModelAMD Radeon 780M
ModelAMD Radeon Graphics
iGPU architectureRDNA 3
iGPU architectureRDNA 2
Compute units12
Compute units8
Clock2700 MHz
Clock1800 MHz

AI

No NPU
No NPU

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