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Intel Core i5-660 vs AMD Ryzen 7 250
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
AMD Ryzen 7 250
100 %
AMD Radeon 780M
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
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-660 | AMD Ryzen 7 250 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i5 (336) | AMD Ryzen 7 (79) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i5 600 (6) | AMD Ryzen 200 (11) |
| Architecture | Clarkdale | Hawk Point (Zen 4) |
| Technology | 32 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | LGA 1156 | FP8 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-660 | AMD Ryzen 7 250 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 4 | 8 / 16 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x | 8x Zen 4 |
| Frequency: | 3.33 GHz | 3.30 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.60 GHz | 5.10 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 0.50 MB | 8.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | 16.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Core i5-660 | AMD Ryzen 7 250 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics (Westmere) | AMD Radeon 780M |
| GPU frequency | 0.50 - 0.73 GHz | 0.80 - 2.70 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 12 / 24 | 12 / 768 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 4 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 32 GB |
| Technology | 32 nm | 4 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2010 | Q1/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-660 | AMD Ryzen 7 250 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | AMD Ryzen™ AI | |
| AI specifications | AMD Ryzen™ AI (XDNA) @ 16 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU | 38 TOPS |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-660 | AMD Ryzen 7 250 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s) DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 16 | 4.0 x 20 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 8.0 GB/s | 39.4 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core i5-660 | AMD Ryzen 7 250 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 73 W | 28 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 30 W | |
| TDP down | 15 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-660 | AMD Ryzen 7 250 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 |
| Release date | Q1/2010 | Q1/2024 |
| Release price | 193 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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