Intel Core i5-2500K vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

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
$ 252.59 significantly less expensive
$ 386.14

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2325 points
10011 points
330% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4281 points
11884 points
177% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1776 points
9348 points
426% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1704 points
9142 points
436% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2748 points
8010 points
191% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

34.51 points
263.24 points
662% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1910 points
15051 points
688% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

650 points
2723 points
318% 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
4.20 GHz
27% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
5 GHz
35% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
26% slightly lower TDP
120 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

654th of 1,089
88th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February
2023 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR5

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-2500K vs Ryzen 7 7800X3D benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has significantly more cores than the Core i5-2500K. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-2500K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-2500K. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2500K. Also, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-2500K CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU because of its slightly 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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