AMD Ryzen 3 2300U vs Intel Core i5-2500

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 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

1981 points

0.30% slightly better overall score

1975 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3542 points

3663 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1521 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

1502 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1456 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

1441 points

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2097 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1687 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

809 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

571 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2768 points

63% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1692 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

952 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

592 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

2 GHz

3.3 GHz

64% significantly 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

15 W

533% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

742nd of 1,118

743rd of 1,118

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 August

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 2300U vs Core i5-2500 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 2300U performs better than the Core i5-2500. Despite this, the Core i5-2500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 i5-2500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 2300U. Also, the Core i5-2500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 2300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2500 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 2300U has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.