AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs AMD Phenom II X4 955

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs AMD 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
20% slightly better overall score
1654 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3127 points
3% slightly better gaming score
3032 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1653 points
30% slightly better multitasking score
1265 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1584 points
30% slightly better heavy workload score
1214 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

41.24 points
117% significantly higher Blender score
18.93 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
3.7 GHz
85% significantly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
0.5 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

718th of 1,089
781st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 October
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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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. Despite this, the Phenom II X4 955 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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.

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