Intel Core i5-8250U vs AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 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

1907 points
4604 points
141% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3207 points
6298 points
96% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1532 points
4083 points
166% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1465 points
3956 points
170% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

38.03 points
104.53 points
174% significantly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

3194 points
9347 points
192% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.6 GHz
2 GHz
25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
4.5 GHz
32% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
Identical
15 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
384 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
3 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
16 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

738th of 1,089
380th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-8250U vs Ryzen 5 7530U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 7530U performs better than the Core i5-8250U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8250U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 7530U has significantly more cores than the Core i5-8250U. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7530U has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-8250U. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8250U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7530U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8250U. Also, the Ryzen 5 7530U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 7530U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8250U. The Ryzen 5 7530U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. Indeed, the Core i5-8250U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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