AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs AMD Phenom II X4 965

Ryzen 5 2500U vs Phenom II X4 965 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 2500U performs better than the Phenom II X4 965. Despite this, the Phenom II X4 965 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Phenom II X4 965 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 2500U. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Phenom II X4 965 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.