AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Core i7-2600K

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?

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1996 points

2571 points

28% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3127 points

4067 points

30% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1653 points

2123 points

28% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1584 points

2039 points

28% slightly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Ryzen 5 2500U and the Core i7-2600K? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download CPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

41.24 points

44.04 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2311 points

0.83% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2292 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

830 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

665 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2396 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2289 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

818 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

665 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz

3.4 GHz

69% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

3.8 GHz

5% 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

612th 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 i7-2600K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-2600K 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 and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-2600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2500U. Also, the Core i7-2600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2600K 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.