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AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT vs Intel Core i5-2500

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT

Rank 2 - 36 %

Intel Core i5-2500

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT

Rank 2 - 17 %

Intel Core i5-2500

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.40 GHz

15,036 pts

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

2,531 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

2,172

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

633

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.40 GHz

10,940

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,845

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,745

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

737

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.40 GHz

11,465

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

2,425

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT	Intel Core i5-2500
Family	AMD Ryzen 7 (79)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen 5000 (17)	Intel Core i 2000 (28)
Architecture	Vermeer (Zen 3)	Sandy Bridge S
Technology	7 nm	32 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)	LGA 1155
Predecessor	AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT	Intel Core i5-2500
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 16	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	4x
Frequency:	3.80 GHz	3.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.80 GHz	3.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.40 GHz
L2-Cache	4.00 MB
L3-Cache	32.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT	Intel Core i5-2500
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel HD Graphics 2000
GPU frequency		0.85 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	6 / 48
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		2
Max. GPU Memory		2 GB
Technology		32 nm
Release date		Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT	Intel Core i5-2500
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT	Intel Core i5-2500
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	4.0 x 20	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT	Intel Core i5-2500
TDP	105 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	90 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT	Intel Core i5-2500
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date	Q3/2024	Q1/2011
Release price	249 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT is 4.6 stars (94 ratings), while Intel Core i5-2500 has received 4.4 stars (27 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT
8C / 16T · 3.80 - 4.80 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-2500
4C / 4T · 3.30 - 3.70 GHz

★★★★★