AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Core i3-4170

Ryzen 5 2500U vs Core i3-4170 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 2500U beats the Core i3-4170 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-4170 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 i3-4170 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4170. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-4170 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2500U. A Ryzen 5 2500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-4170 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.