AMD Ryzen 3 4300U vs Intel Core i5-2500

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
AMD Socket FP6MOBILE
2700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2020
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
Intel Core i5-2500
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
Intel Core i5-2500

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

70 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical single-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-2500

Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 3 4300UIntel Core i5-2500
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 3 4300UIntel Core i5-2500
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-4266 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR3
CodenameRenoirvsSandy Bridge
Release DateJan 2020vsJan 2011

Cores

AMD Ryzen 3 4300UIntel Core i5-2500
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon RX Vega 5vsIntel HD 2000

Cache

AMD Ryzen 3 4300UIntel Core i5-2500
L1 Cache128K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache4MB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 3 4300UIntel Core i5-2500
SocketAMD Socket FP6vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case TempN/Avsunknown
PackagevsFC-LGA10
Die Sizeunknownvs216mm²
Process7 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 3 4300UIntel Core i5-2500
Cpu Frequency2700 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clock3700 MHzvs3700 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP25 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
    4144 points
  • Intel Core i5-2500
    3700 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
    12096 points
  • Intel Core i5-2500
    13200 points

Points - higher is better