AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Core 5 210H

Ryzen 5 2500U vs Core 5 210H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 5 210H 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 5 210H has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 2500U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2500U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core 5 210H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 2500U. Also, the Core 5 210H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core 5 210H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 2500U. The Core 5 210H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.