AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Core i5-2500K

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1996 points

2325 points

16% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3127 points

4281 points

36% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1653 points

1776 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1584 points

1704 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

41.24 points

19% slightly higher Blender score

34.51 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2311 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1893 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

830 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

629 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2396 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1910 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

818 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

650 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz

3.3 GHz

64% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

3.7 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

533% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

718th of 1,089

654th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 October

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 2500U vs Core i5-2500K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-2500K 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.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 2500U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-2500K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2500U. Also, the Core i5-2500K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2500K 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.