Intel Core i5-2500 vs AMD Phenom II X4 980

Core i5-2500 vs Phenom II X4 980 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Phenom II X4 980 performs better than the Core i5-2500. Despite this, the Core i5-2500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X4 980 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2500.

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.