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    AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Core i5-2310

    AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
    AMD Socket FP5MOBILE
    2000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2017
    AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
    Intel Core i5-2310
    Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
    2900 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2011
    Intel Core i5-2310

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
      139%
    • Intel Core i5-2310
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
      130%
    • Intel Core i5-2310
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
      148%
    • Intel Core i5-2310
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 30% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 48% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    80 watts lower power draw.
    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
    Around 39% higher average synthetic performance.

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-2310

    None
    AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 5 2500UIntel Core i5-2310
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SMT
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    VT-x
    AES-NI

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 5 2500UIntel Core i5-2310
    ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_SandyBridge
    MarketMobilevsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
    CodenameRaven RidgevsSandy Bridge
    Release DateOct 2017vsMay 2011

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 5 2500UIntel Core i5-2310
    Cores4vs4
    Threads8vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon Vega 8vsIntel HD 2000

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 2500UIntel Core i5-2310
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache4096 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 5 2500UIntel Core i5-2310
    SocketAMD Socket FP5vsIntel Socket 1155
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageFP5vsFC-LGA10
    Die Size210mm²vs216mm²
    Process14 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 2500UIntel Core i5-2310
    Cpu Frequency2000 MHzvs2900 MHz
    Turbo Clock3600 MHzvs3200 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP15 Wvs95 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
      3960 points
    • Intel Core i5-2310
      3200 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
      10736 points
    • Intel Core i5-2310
      11600 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
      138
    • Intel Core i5-2310 (simulated)
      105.51

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
      614
    • Intel Core i5-2310 (simulated)
      413.03

    points - higher is better

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