Core i5-2500K vs Ryzen 5 4500 specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 4500 beats the Core i5-2500K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2500K in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 4500 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-2500K that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-2500K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 4500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2500K. Also, the Ryzen 5 4500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 4500 outputs less heat than Core i5-2500K 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 i5-2500K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.
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