Ever since AMD got back on the CPU top shelf market, they started challenging Intel with great performance and low prices. Now “the Reds” come to the laptop world with one of the first Ryzen CPUs of the low-power line found on portable solutions – AMD Ryzen 7 2700U. The new APU is build on 14nm architecture with a TDP of 15 W. The “Zen” Core architecture means that the processor comes with enabled AMD SenseMI Technology.
Ryzen 7 2700U houses 4 cores and 8 threads, which work on 2.20 GHz Base Clock and have a Maximum Boost Clock of 3.80 GHz. It also has a total of 6 MB Cache distributed 2/4 MB for L2/L3 respectively. The processor supports dual channel DDR4 memory modules with speeds up to 2400 MHz
Being an APU, Ryzen 7 2700U also features an embedded RX Vega 10 graphics accelerator. It concludes of 10 Cores, working on up to 1300 MHz, and supports DirectX 12 Technology. The GPU is built on a 14 nm process and offers support of 12_1 feature level of DirectX 12.
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U - benchmark tests
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U vs competitors:
| # | CPU | Cores/ Threads |
Base clock | Turbo clock | Performance score |
In laptops starting at... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45. | Intel Core i5-10400H | 4 / 8 | 2.60 GHz | 4.60 GHz | - | $1713.99 |
| 46. | Intel Core i5-9300H | 4 / 8 | 2.40 GHz | 4.10 GHz | 4.4/10 | $658.00 |
| 47. | AMD Ryzen 7 2700U | 4 / 8 | 2.20 GHz | 3.80 GHz | 3.4/10 | $729.00 |
| 48. | Intel Core i7-7820HK | 4 / 8 | 2.90 GHz | 3.90 GHz | 4.0/10 | $1588.99 |
| 49. | Intel Core i7-8569U | 4 / 8 | 2.80 GHz | 4.70 GHz | - | N/A |
| 50. | Intel Core i7-7700HQ | 4 / 8 | 2.80 GHz | 3.80 GHz | 3.7/10 | $855.91 |
We’ve tested AMD Ryzen 7 2700U on…
| # | Laptop series | Cinebench 11 | Cinebench 15 | Adobe Photoshop | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Acer Swift 3 (SF315-41) | 6.94 | 609.00 | 12.65 | N/A |
| 2. | Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-42) | 7.49 | 662.00 | 12.90 | N/A |
| 3. | ASUS VivoBook 15 F505 (X505) | 7.29 | 645.00 | 15.17 | N/A |