AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i5-2500

Compare AMD 6 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 130.00
$ 5.87 slightly less expensive
$ 135.87

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4161 points
110% significantly better overall score
1975 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6597 points
80% significantly better gaming score
3663 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3390 points
125% significantly better multitasking score
1502 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3252 points
125% significantly better heavy workload score
1441 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.91 points
227% significantly higher Blender score
26.26 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5905 points
250% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1687 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1536 points
169% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
571 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5889 points
248% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1692 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1572 points
165% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
592 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
49% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

423rd of 1,089
725th of 1,089

Family

The product line

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Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 September
2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

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No

Ryzen 5 3500X vs Core i5-2500 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3500X is faster than the Core i5-2500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2500 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 3500X has significantly more cores than the Core i5-2500. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500X has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-2500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-2500. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3500X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-2500. Also, the Ryzen 5 3500X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the Ryzen 5 3500X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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