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AMD Ryzen 7 7700 vs Intel Core i5-2500
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
100 %
8C / 16T · 5.30 GHz
Intel Core i5-2500
36 %
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
100 %
8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz
Intel Core i5-2500
13 %
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
100 %
8C / 16T · 5.30 GHz
Intel Core i5-2500
23 %
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
100 %
8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz
Intel Core i5-2500
13 %
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
100 %
8C / 16T · 5.30 GHz
Intel Core i5-2500
34 %
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
100 %
8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz
Intel Core i5-2500
17 %
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
100 %
AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
Intel Core i5-2500
19 %
Intel HD Graphics 2000
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 7 7700 | Intel Core i5-2500 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD Ryzen 7 (79) | Intel Core i5 (336) |
| CPU group | AMD Ryzen 7000 (18) | Intel Core i 2000 (28) |
| Architecture | Raphael (Zen 4) | Sandy Bridge S |
| Technology | 5 nm | 32 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Socket | AM5 (LGA 1718) | LGA 1155 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 | Intel Core i5-2500 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 16 | 4 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 8x Zen 4 | 4x |
| Frequency: | 3.80 GHz | 3.30 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 5.30 GHz | 3.70 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 4.60 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 32.00 MB | 6.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 7 7700 | Intel Core i5-2500 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael) | Intel HD Graphics 2000 |
| GPU frequency | 0.40 - 2.20 GHz | 0.85 - 1.10 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 2 / 128 | 6 / 48 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 2 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Technology | 5 nm | 32 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2022 | Q1/2011 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 7 7700 | Intel Core i5-2500 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 7 7700 | Intel Core i5-2500 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) | DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 128 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 24 | 2.0 x 16 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 94.5 GB/s | 8.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 7 7700 | Intel Core i5-2500 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 65 W | 95 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 88 W | |
| TDP up | 170 W | |
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 95 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 7 7700 | 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,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX |
| Release date | Q1/2023 | Q1/2011 |
| Release price | 329 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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