AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Core i3-10110U

Ryzen 5 2500U vs Core i3-10110U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 2500U performs better than the Core i3-10110U. Despite this, the Core i3-10110U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 2500U has significantly more cores than the Core i3-10110U. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2500U has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-10110U. It also has more threads than the Core i3-10110U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-10110U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2500U. Also, the Core i3-10110U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 2500U has more L2 cache than the Core i3-10110U. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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.