AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs AMD Phenom II X4 955

Ryzen 5 2500U vs Phenom II X4 955 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 2500U performs better than the Phenom II X4 955. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X4 955 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X4 955 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2500U. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 2500U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Phenom II X4 955

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.