Intel Core i7-4770K vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 2000 Series 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

2925 points
7% slightly better overall score
2711 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4768 points
12% slightly better gaming score
4257 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2381 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
2242 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2286 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
2151 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

66.02 points
57% significantly higher Blender score
41.85 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3979 points
65% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2399 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1227 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
944 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4080 points
61% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2520 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1280 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
868 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.50 GHz
75% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W
15 W
459% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
2 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

548th of 1,089
586th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
Ryzen PRO 2000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May
2019 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-4770K vs Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4770K is faster than the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4770K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U. Also, the Core i7-4770K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U outputs less heat than Core i7-4770K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-4770K. Despite this, the Core i7-4770K has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-4770K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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