AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Core i5-7500T

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
AMD Socket FP5MOBILE
2000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2017
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
Intel Core i5-7500T
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i5-7500T

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
    136%
  • Intel Core i5-7500T
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
    128%
  • Intel Core i5-7500T
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
    144%
  • Intel Core i5-7500T
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

Much higher single threaded performance (around 28% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 44% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 36% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-7500T

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 i5-7500T
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 2500UIntel Core i5-7500T
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_Kabylake
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameRaven RidgevsKaby Lake
Release DateOct 2017vsSep 2016

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 2500UIntel Core i5-7500T
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon Vega 8vsIntel HD Graphics 630

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 2500UIntel Core i5-7500T
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 i5-7500T
SocketAMD Socket FP5vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageFP5vs
Die Size210mm²vsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 2500UIntel Core i5-7500T
Cpu Frequency2000 MHzvs2400 MHz
Turbo Clock3600 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP15 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
    3960 points
  • Intel Core i5-7500T
    2880 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
    10736 points
  • Intel Core i5-7500T
    11520 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
    138
  • Intel Core i5-7500T (simulated)
    107.7

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
    614
  • Intel Core i5-7500T (simulated)
    425.68

points - higher is better