Intel Core i7-2600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 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

2571 points

2650 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4067 points

4215 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2123 points

2190 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2039 points

2104 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

44.04 points

47.87 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2292 points

2704 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

665 points

923 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2289 points

2612 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

665 points

903 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

61% significantly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

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

612th of 1,089

602nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Ryzen 5 PRO Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

2019 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-2600K vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U performs better than the Core i7-2600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2600K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-2600K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. Also, the Core i7-2600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U outputs less heat than Core i7-2600K 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. Indeed, the Core i7-2600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.