Intel Core i5-2500 vs AMD Athlon X4 950

Core i5-2500 vs Athlon X4 950 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-2500 is faster than the Athlon X4 950. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon X4 950 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon X4 950 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2500. Also, the Athlon X4 950 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Athlon X4 950 outputs less heat than Core i5-2500 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-2500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.