AMD Ryzen 3 1300X 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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$ 249.99

$ 133.55

$ 116.44 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2517 points

8% slightly better overall score

2325 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4619 points

7% slightly better gaming score

4281 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1924 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

1776 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1846 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

1704 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

48.09 points

39% slightly higher Blender score

34.51 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3018 points

59% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1893 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1039 points

65% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

629 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3124 points

63% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1910 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1100 points

69% 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

3.5 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

Identical

3.7 GHz

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

624th 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 1300X vs Core i5-2500K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 1300X 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 1300X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2500K. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 1300X 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 1300X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.