AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Core i5-3470S

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
7% slightly better overall score
1864 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3127 points
3436 points
9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1653 points
16% slightly better multitasking score
1423 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1584 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score
1365 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

41.24 points
45% significantly higher Blender score
28.42 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2311 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1747 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

830 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
606 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2396 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1722 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

818 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
598 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
2.9 GHz
44% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
Identical
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
333% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

718th of 1,089
748th 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
2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 2500U vs Core i5-3470S comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-3470S is faster than the Ryzen 5 2500U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2500U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 5 2500U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3470S has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2500U. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3470S 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.

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