AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs AMD Athlon X4 950

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs AMD Athlon X4 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

1996 points
27% slightly better overall score
1565 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3127 points
6% slightly better gaming score
2930 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1653 points
39% slightly better multitasking score
1186 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1584 points
39% slightly better heavy workload score
1136 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2396 points
55% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1542 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

818 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
621 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
3.5 GHz
75% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
3.8 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
333% significantly lower TDP
65 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
Identical
2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

718th of 1,089
792nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics
Athlon X4

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 October
2017 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Ryzen 5 2500U vs Athlon X4 950 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon X4 950 performs better than the Ryzen 5 2500U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2500U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 2500U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Athlon X4 950 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 2500U. Also, the Athlon X4 950 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2500U CPU outputs less heat than a Athlon X4 950 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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