AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i5-2500K

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-2500K

Price

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$ 79.99

$ 53.56 significantly less expensive

$ 133.55

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points

2325 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points

4281 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points

1776 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points

1704 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2718 points

2748 points

1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points

18% slightly higher Blender score

34.51 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2796 points

47% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1893 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

629 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1910 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

53% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

650 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

3.3 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.7 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

661st of 1,089

654th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 1200 vs Core i5-2500K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 1200 performs better than the Core i5-2500K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2500K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-2500K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 1200. Also, the Core i5-2500K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 1200 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2500K CPU because of its 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. For instance, the Ryzen 3 1200 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.