Intel Core i5-2500K vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2325 points

3089 points

32% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4281 points

4905 points

14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1776 points

2545 points

43% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1704 points

2445 points

43% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

34.51 points

64.47 points

86% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1910 points

3685 points

92% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

650 points

1171 points

80% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

17% slightly higher clock speed

2.80 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

4.3 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

15 W

533% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

674th of 1,118

546th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Core

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

LPDDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-2500K vs Ryzen 5 7520U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7520U is faster than the Core i5-2500K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2500K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 7520U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-2500K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7520U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7520U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7520U 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.