AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Core i3-2100

Ryzen 5 2500U vs Core i3-2100 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 2500U performs better than the Core i3-2100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-2100 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 2500U has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-2100 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-2100. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-2100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2500U. A Ryzen 5 2500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-2100 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.