AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Core i3-4160

Ryzen 5 2500U vs Core i3-4160 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 2500U performs better than the Core i3-4160. Despite this, the Core i3-4160 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 i3-4160. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2500U has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-4160. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4160. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-4160 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 2500U. A Ryzen 5 2500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-4160 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.