Intel Core i5-2500K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 3 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 133.55
$ 11.45 slightly less expensive
$ 145.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2325 points
5020 points
115% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4281 points
6843 points
59% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1776 points
4448 points
150% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1704 points
4307 points
152% significantly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i5-2500K and the Ryzen 5 5500GT? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2748 points
5545 points
101% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

34.51 points
141.41 points
309% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
33% slightly more cores
3

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
3.6 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
4.4 GHz
18% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
65 W
46% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

654th of 1,089
345th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i5-2500K vs Ryzen 5 5500GT specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5500GT 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 Core i5-2500K has slightly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5500GT that has 3 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500GT has more threads than the Core i5-2500K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500GT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2500K. Also, the Ryzen 5 5500GT has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500GT 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.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-2500K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons