AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Core i3-4340

Ryzen 5 2500U vs Core i3-4340 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-4340 beats the Ryzen 5 2500U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2500U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 2500U has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-4340 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4340. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-4340 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2500U. A Ryzen 5 2500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-4340 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.