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    AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Core i3-8350K

    AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
    AMD Socket FP5MOBILE
    2000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2017
    AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
    Intel Core i3-8350K
    Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
    2800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2018
    Intel Core i3-8350K

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-8350K
      117%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-8350K
      124%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-8350K
      109%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

    50 watts lower power draw.

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-8350K

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 24% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    9% higher multi threaded performance.
    Around 17% higher average synthetic performance.
    Intel Core i3-8350K

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-8350K

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 5 2500UIntel Core i3-8350K
    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
    Boost 2.0

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 5 2500UIntel Core i3-8350K
    ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_Coffelake
    MarketMobilevsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
    CodenameRaven RidgevsCoffee Lake
    Release DateOct 2017vsJan 2018

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 5 2500UIntel Core i3-8350K
    Cores4vs4
    Threads8vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon Vega 8vsIntel UHD 630

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 2500UIntel Core i3-8350K
    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 i3-8350K
    SocketAMD Socket FP5vsIntel Socket 1151
    Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
    PackageFP5vsFC-LGA1151
    Die Size210mm²vs151mm²
    Process14 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 2500UIntel Core i3-8350K
    Cpu Frequency2000 MHzvs2800 MHz
    Turbo Clock3600 MHzvs4000 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP15 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
      3960 points
    • Intel Core i3-8350K
      4800 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
      10736 points
    • Intel Core i3-8350K
      13440 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
      138
    • Intel Core i3-8350K (simulated)
      172.22

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
      614
    • Intel Core i3-8350K
      673

    points - higher is better

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