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Intel Core i5-2500K vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500 |
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Processor comparisons 05-02-2023
You may have difficulties with the choice of a CPU, you will solve them by reading the full tests Intel Core i5-2500K vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and see which is better for games or normal use for video editing, streaming, machine learning, rendering, programming. Here is useful information from various benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A careful review of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in special test applications like Handbrake, 3DMark, PCMark 10, PassMark, Furmark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Prime95, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Dolphin Emulator, MATLAB, UserBenchmark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, GeekBench 6, 5.2, 7zip, RealBench, WPrime, VeraCrypt, SuperPi, AIDA64, Blender, Gears 5, Blender.
And how good the processors are in games: - Borderlands 3
- World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Rainbow Six Siege
- DOOM: Eternal
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla
- Fortnite
- Watch Dogs Legion
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Overwatch
- Death Stranding
- Valheim
- Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Last Man Standing
- Valorant
- Fallout 76
- Apex Legends
- Halo Infinite
After reading the results of parallel benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Ryzen 5 4500 or Intel Core i5-2500K.
Summary benchmark resultsAs a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark
| Core i5-2500K | 51% |
Ryzen 5 4500 | 54% |
The number of this parameter shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, Ryzen 5 4500 is 5% better than Core i5-2500K. The data source is several popular tests. Detailed information can be found below.
Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.| Core i5-2500K | 51% |
Ryzen 5 4500 | 54% |
The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a low game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of less popular games in which processors were compared: Horizon Zero Dawn, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Ghostrunner, League of Legends (LOL), PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), NBA 2K20, Control, Monster Hunter World, Half-Life: Alyx, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Metro Exodus, Battlefield V, Forza Horizon 4, Hitman 3, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), DOTA 2A.
Gaming benchmark| Fortnite | 91.5 | 95.2 | | Valorant | 103.9 | 108.2 | | Cyberpunk 2077 | 58.2 | 60.6 | | Apex Legends | 97.7 | 101.7 | | Call of Duty Warzone | 78.0 | 81.2 | | Overwatch | 84.2 | 87.7 | | Red Dead Redemption 2 | 71.7 | 74.7 | | DOOM Eternal | 52.0 | 54.1 | | Warzone | 81.1 | 84.4 | | Assassin's Creed | 87.3 | 90.9 | | Valheim | 86.3 | 89.8 |
The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The tested computers not only did they have different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: FullHD, 2K or 4K. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful the processor will be in games, if you get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.
Power consumption
| Core i5-2500K | 35% |
Ryzen 5 4500 | 65% |
To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 5 4500 is more energy efficient than the Core i5-2500K since it has less power consumption: 95W vs. 65W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you need to know its TDP. It is necessary to count so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.
Software benchmarksIf you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for machine learning, video editing or video rendering, programming, streaming, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum efficiency, the processor includes all cores and threads that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to make sure that the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that can use only one core to work, and all the advantages of multi-core mode are unused.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance | Intel Core i5-2500K |
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 | | Cinbench 15 Single-core | 127 | 240 | | Cinbench 15 Multi-core | 461 | 1246 | | Cinbench 20 Single-core | 262 | 621 | | Cinbench 20 Multi-core | 894 | 2683 | | Cinbench 23 Single-core | 697 | 1605 | | Cinbench 23 Multi-core | 2450 | 7862 |
Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance | Intel Core i5-2500K |
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 | | Single-Core | 1684 | 3427 | | Multi-Core | 4077 | 15834 |
GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance | Intel Core i5-2500K |
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 | | Single-Core | 998 | 1282 | | Multi-Core | 3399 | 7095 |
Comparison of specifications
In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most helpful. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS even in new games. It turns out that there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The savings are obvious!
| Intel Core i5-2500K |
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 | | Announcement date | March 11, 2011 | April 04, 2022 | | Type | Desktop | Desktop | | Socket | LGA1155 | FP6 | | Core name | Sandy Bridge | Renoir | | Architecture | x86 | x86 | | Generation | 2 | 2 | | Turbo Frequency | 3.7 MHz | 4.1 MHz | | Frequency | 3.3 MHz | 3.6 MHz | | Cores | 4 | 6 | | Threads | 4 | 12 | | Bus rate | 5 GT/s | | | Bit | 64 | 64 | | Lithography | 32 nm | 7 nm | | Transistors count | 2460 millions | 4600 millions | | Power consumption (TDP) | 95 W | 65 W | | Memory type | DDR3 1066/1333 | DDR4 | | Max. Memory | 32 Gb | | | Memory Frequency | | 3200 | | Memory bandwidth | 21 GB/s | | | L1 cache | | | | L2 cache | | 3MB | | L3 cache | 6 MB | 8MB | | Overclocking | No | Yes | | Supports ECC | No | No | | Part number | Expansion Options
| 100-000000644
100-100000644BOX |
In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Ryzen 5 4500 is 8% better than Core i5-2500K in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Ryzen 5 4500 has 2 more core than Core i5-2500K. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).
Result:
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-2500K is better: 3
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 5 4500 is better: 33
Although it should be understood that all the figures that you have looked at here do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple quantitative comparison. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the reviews of of people who bought Intel Core i5-2500K and AMD Ryzen 5 4500 before making a decision which of the processors to buy for gaming.
Intel Core i5-2500K Processor Comparisons
• Vs Ryzen 5 5600U
• Vs Celeron N5105
• Vs Pentium Gold G7400
• Vs Core i3-1125G4
• Vs Ryzen 5 5600HS
• Vs Ryzen 3 5400U
• Vs Ryzen 3 5425U
• Vs Ryzen 3 5300U
• Vs Pentium Gold 7505
• Vs Ryzen 5 5625U
• Vs Pentium Gold G6405U
• Vs Celeron N5100
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 Processor Comparisons
• Vs Core i7-12700K
• Vs Ryzen 7 5800X
• Vs Ryzen 5 5600G
• Vs Ryzen 5 3600
• Vs Ryzen 9 7950X3D
• Vs Ryzen 7 1700
• Vs Ryzen 3 3100
• Vs Ryzen 5 3400G
• Vs Core i7-9700
• Vs Ryzen 7 3800X
• Vs Ryzen 5 5500
• Vs Core i5-10400F
• Vs Core i5-10400
• Vs Ryzen 5 2600
• Vs Ryzen 9 5900X
• Vs Core i7-8700K
• Vs Ryzen 5 7600X
• Vs Core i5-12400F
• Vs Ryzen 5 5600
• Vs Core i9-13900KF
• Vs Core i5-13600K
• Vs Ryzen 5 5600X
• Vs Ryzen 7 5800X3D
• Vs Core i5-10600K
• Vs Ryzen 7 5700X
• Vs Ryzen 7 2700
• Vs Core i9-9900K
• Vs Core i7-9700K
• Vs Ryzen 9 3900X
• Vs Core i7-8700
• Vs Ryzen 9 5800X
• Vs Ryzen 5 2600X
• Vs Ryzen 9 7900X3D
• Vs Ryzen 5 3600X
• Vs Ryzen 7 3700X
• Vs Ryzen 9 5600X
• Vs Ryzen 9 7900X
• Vs Ryzen 7 2700X
• Vs Ryzen 9 3950X
• Vs Core i7-9700KF
• Vs Ryzen 7 5700G
• Vs Core i7-13700K
• Vs Core i7-12700
• Vs Ryzen 9 5950X
• Vs Ryzen 9 7950X
• Vs Core i9-13900K
• Vs Core i5-12400
• Vs Core i5-13600KF
• Vs Ryzen 7 5700GE
• Vs Core i5-11400F
• Vs Core i5-9600K
• Vs Ryzen 7 7700X
• Vs Core i9-11900K
• Vs Core i7-11700K
• Vs Core i9-12900K
• Vs Core i5-12600K
• Vs Ryzen 9 PRO 5945
• Vs Core i7-10700
• Vs Core i7-11700KF
• Vs Core i9-13900KS
• Vs Core i3-12100
• Vs Core i5-11400
• Vs Apple M1 Ultra
• Vs Core i3-12100F
• Vs Core i9-12900
• Vs Core i9-12900KF
• Vs Ryzen 3 2200G
• Vs FX-8350 Eight-Core
• Vs Core i9-12900KS
• Vs Core i9-10850K
• Vs Core i7-10700KF
• Vs Core i7-10700K
• Vs Ryzen 5 1600
• Vs Core i9-10900F
• Vs Core i7-12700F
• Vs Ryzen 3 3200G
• Vs Core i9-10900K
• Vs Core i7-13700KF
• Vs Core i7-12700KF
• Vs Core i5-12600KF
• Vs Ryzen 5 2400G
• Vs FX-6300 Six-Core
• Vs Core i9-13900
• Vs Core i7-6700
• Vs Core i5-13500
• Vs Core i7-6700K
• Vs Core i9-10900KF
• Vs Core i5-11600K
• Vs Core i3-10100F
• Vs Core i7-11700F
• Vs Core i7-13700
• Vs Core i7-4770
• Vs Core i5-13400F
• Vs Core i7-4790K
• Vs Core i5-9400
• Vs Core i3-13100
• Vs Core i5-13600
• Vs Core i3-10100
• Vs Core i7-13700F
• Vs Core i3-13300F
• Vs Core i7-4790
• Vs Core i3-13100F
• Vs Core i5-8500
• Vs Core i5-8600K
• Vs Core i7-7700
• Vs Core i7-4770K
• Vs Core i3-13300
• Vs Core i5-8400
• Vs Core i5-7600K
• Vs Core i7-5820K
• Vs Ryzen 5 5600GE
• Vs Ryzen 3 5300GE
• Vs Ryzen 7 4700GE
• Vs Ryzen 5 4600G
• Vs Ryzen 5 4600GE
• Vs Ryzen 5 PRO 5645
• Vs Ryzen 3 PRO 5350G
• Vs Core i5-13490F
• Vs Ryzen 5 PRO 4655GE
• Vs Ryzen 7 7800X3D
• Vs Ryzen 3 PRO 4355G
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