AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Core i3-4150

Ryzen 5 2500U vs Core i3-4150 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2500U is faster than the Core i3-4150. Despite this, the Core i3-4150 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 i3-4150 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4150. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-4150 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2500U. A Ryzen 5 2500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-4150 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.