AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Core i5-4460S

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 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
4% slightly better overall score
1911 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3127 points
3523 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1653 points
13% slightly better multitasking score
1459 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1584 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
1403 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

41.24 points
22% slightly higher Blender score
33.53 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2311 points
2689 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

830 points
971 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2396 points
2749 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

818 points
1026 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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
5% slightly higher turbo speed
3.4 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
736th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 October
2014 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 i5-4460S benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2500U is faster than the Core i5-4460S. Despite this, the Core i5-4460S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 i5-4460S has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2500U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2500U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4460S 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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