AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2740 points

17% slightly better overall score

2325 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5046 points

17% slightly better gaming score

4281 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2093 points

17% slightly better multitasking score

1776 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2009 points

17% slightly better heavy workload score

1704 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.81 points

9% slightly higher Blender score

34.51 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3074 points

62% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1893 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

992 points

57% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

629 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3341 points

74% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1910 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1214 points

86% 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

4.2 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

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

581st 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

2018 October

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 2300X vs Core i5-2500K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 2300X is faster 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 3 2300X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-2500K. Also, the Ryzen 3 2300X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 2300X 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 2300X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.