Intel Core i5-2500K vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 133.55
$ 113.29 significantly less expensive
$ 246.84

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2325 points
10008 points
330% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4281 points
12170 points
184% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1776 points
9291 points
423% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1704 points
9088 points
433% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2748 points
9007 points
227% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

34.51 points
281.95 points
716% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1893 points
15168 points
701% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

629 points
2857 points
354% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1910 points
15466 points
709% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

650 points
2977 points
358% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
16
300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
4.50 GHz
36% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
5.4 GHz
45% significantly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
10% slightly lower TDP
105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

654th of 1,089
89th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Ryzen 7

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
DDR5

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 7 7700X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7700X 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 7700X has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-2500K has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-2500K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2500K. Also, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-2500K CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 7700X CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. 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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