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Intel Core i5-2500 vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700

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 2 - 76 %

Intel Core i5-2500

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 34 %

Intel Core i5-2500

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

697 pts

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

954 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

2,531 pts

8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz

8,065 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

633

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

1,117

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,845

8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz

5,478

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

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

737

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

852

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

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

2,425

8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz

5,816

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

340

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

390

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,313

8C / 16T · 3.00 GHz

3,883

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

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	AMD Ryzen 7 (79)
CPU group	Intel Core i 2000 (28)	AMD Ryzen 1000 (15)
Architecture	Sandy Bridge S	Summit Ridge (Zen)
Technology	32 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1155	AM4 (PGA 1331)
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	8 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	8x
Frequency:	3.30 GHz	3.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.70 GHz	3.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):		3.30 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	16.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 2000	no iGPU
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	Intel Core i5-2500	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Memory	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	2.0 x 16	3.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s	19.7 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
TDP	95 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q1/2011	Q1/2017
Release price		300 $
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 Intel Core i5-2500 is 4.4 stars (27 ratings), while AMD Ryzen 7 1700 has received 4.3 stars (29 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen 7 1700
8C / 16T · 3.00 - 3.70 GHz

★★★★★