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Intel Core i7-7500U vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

Intel Core i7-7500U

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The Intel Core i7-7500U is a dual-core processor of the Kaby Lake architecture. It offers two CPU cores clocked at 2.7 - 3.5 GHz and integrates HyperThreading to work with up to 4 threads at once. The architectural differences are rather small compared to the Skylake generation, therefore the performance per MHz is very similar. The SoC includes a dual channel DDR4 memory controller and Intel HD Graphics 620 graphics card (clocked at 300 - 1050 MHz). It is manufactured in an improved 14nm FinFET process (14nm+) at Intel. Compared to the old Skylake Core i7-6500U (2.5 - 3.1 GHz), the i7-7500U clock speed is up to 400 MHz higher.

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

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The AMD Ryzen 5 2500U is a mobile APU for thin and light laptops that was announced in October 2017. It includes four Zen cores clocked at 2 to 3.6 GHz and offers 4 MB L3-Cache. The integrated graphics card is called Radeon RX Vega 8 and offers 8 CUs (512 Shaders) clocked at up to 1100 MHz. The TDP is configurable between 12 and 25 Watt (15 Watt nominal). More information on Raven Ridge can be found in our launch article.

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ModelIntel Core i7-7500UAMD Ryzen 5 2500U
CodenameKaby LakeZen
SeriesIntel Kaby LakeAMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Series: Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU) Zen
Intel Core i7-7700K compare4.2 - 4.5 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700 compare3.6 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6 compare3.1 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7920HQ compare3.1 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700T compare2.9 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7600K compare3.8 - 4.2 GHz4 / 4 cores8 MB L3
Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6 compare3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7820HQ compare2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7820HK compare2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700HQ compare2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7500 compare3.4 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7440HQ compare2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7567U compare3.5 - 4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7660U compare2.5 - 4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7600U compare2.8 - 3.9 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7300HQ compare2.5 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7500T compare2.7 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7287U compare3.3 - 3.7 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7560U compare2.4 - 3.8 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7267U compare3.1 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7360U compare2.3 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7500U « 2.7 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7300U compare2.6 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7260U compare2.2 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7200U compare2.5 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7100H compare3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7167U compare2.8 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7Y75 compare1.3 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7Y57 compare1.2 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7Y54 compare1.2 - 3.2 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7100U compare2.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core m3-7Y32 compare1 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4415U compare2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core m3-7Y30 compare1 - 2.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3965U compare2.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7020U compare2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3867U compare1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3865U compare1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y compare1.7 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y compare1.6 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4410Y compare1.5 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3965Y compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G compare3.6 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U compare2.2 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U compare2.2 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G compare3.5 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 2600H compare3.2 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U « 2 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U compare2 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B compare2 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 2300U compare2 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U compare2 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G compare2.6 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 2200U compare2.5 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200U compare2.5 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G compare2.4 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Athlon 300U compare2.4 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Clock2700 - 3500 MHz2000 - 3600 MHz
L1 Cache128 KB384 KB
L2 Cache512 KB2 MB
L3 Cache4 MB4 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 44 / 8
TDP15 Watt15 Watt
Technology14 nm14 nm
max. Temp.100 °C
SocketBGA1356AM4
FeaturesDual-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NIXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
iGPUIntel HD Graphics 620 (300 - 1050 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1100 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
$393 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.com
Transistors4500 Million

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 2500U
24.4 pt (41%)
AMD E1-2100
2.32 -90%
...
Intel Core i3-1000NG4
23.3 -5%
AMD Ryzen 3 3300U
23.4 -4%
Intel Core i7-8500Y
23.5 -4%
AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
23.7 -3%
AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B
23.8 -2%
Intel Core i5-1030NG7
23.9 -2%
Intel Core i3-8109U
24.1 -1%
Intel Core i5-6287U
24.3 0%
Intel Processor N100
24.4 0%
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
24.4
Intel Core i7-6567U
24.5 0%
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
24.6 1%
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U
24.7 1%
Intel Processor N95
24.8 2%
AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
24.8 2%
Intel Core i5-8250U
24.8 2%
Intel Processor N150
25 2%
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
25 2%
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
25 2%
...
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
49.8 104%
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX
60.1 146%
0%
100%
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Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 338     avg: 351     median: 354.5 (39%)     max: 357 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 1103     avg: 1267     median: 1298.5 (3%)     max: 1367 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 265     avg: 338.4     median: 340 (2%)     max: 376 Points
min: 510     avg: 598     median: 609 (4%)     max: 642 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 110     avg: 141.8     median: 144 (40%)     max: 149 Points
min: 124     avg: 136.2     median: 137 (38%)     max: 142 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 3.4     avg: 3.7     median: 3.8 (5%)     max: 4.05 Points
min: 5.71     avg: 6.5     median: 6.6 (9%)     max: 6.91 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 1.35     avg: 1.6     median: 1.7 (39%)     max: 1.69 Points
min: 1.53     avg: 1.6     median: 1.6 (38%)     max: 1.61 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 4835     avg: 5605     median: 5647 (34%)     max: 5722 Points
min: 4103     avg: 4371     median: 4410.5 (27%)     max: 4473 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 9726     avg: 11831     median: 11745.5 (9%)     max: 12981 Points
min: 13850     avg: 15426     median: 15683.5 (11%)     max: 16471 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 14099     avg: 15061     median: 15362 (10%)     max: 15817 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 6047     avg: 7000     median: 7265 (9%)     max: 7305 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 423.8     avg: 492.6     median: 485.8 (6%)     max: 602 s
min: 251.1     avg: 313.5     median: 313.5 (4%)     max: 375.9 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 13.11     avg: 14.3     median: 14 (3%)     max: 16.8 s
min: 7.819     avg: 10.2     median: 10.2 (2%)     max: 12.64 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 1983     avg: 2542     median: 2561 (4%)     max: 3011 Points
min: 2416     avg: 2426     median: 2425.5 (4%)     max: 2435 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
min: 15360     avg: 16200     median: 16251 (9%)     max: 16988 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 2924     avg: 3269     median: 3441 (41%)     max: 3443 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 20     avg: 22     median: 21.7 (7%)     max: 23.95 fps
min: 33     avg: 34.7     median: 34.7 (12%)     max: 36.4 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 109     avg: 118.7     median: 117 (27%)     max: 133.2 fps
min: 118     avg: 121     median: 121 (28%)     max: 124 fps
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 3.6     avg: 3.7     median: 3.7 (6%)     max: 3.74 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.204     avg: 0.2     median: 0.2 (6%)     max: 0.222 GB/s
min: 0.357     avg: 0.4     median: 0.4 (11%)     max: 0.403 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.323     avg: 0.4     median: 0.4 (6%)     max: 0.375 GB/s
min: 0.543     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (10%)     max: 0.568 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 1.9     avg: 2.1     median: 2.1 (5%)     max: 2.2 GB/s
min: 3.2     avg: 3.3     median: 3.3 (9%)     max: 3.4 GB/s
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 757     avg: 771     median: 770.5 (5%)     max: 784 Seconds
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 3690     avg: 4423     median: 4579 (10%)     max: 4921 Points
min: 4155     avg: 4952     median: 4828 (10%)     max: 5873 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 10     avg: 10.8     median: 10.8 (2%)     max: 11.52 s
min: 11.77     avg: 17.7     median: 12.3 (3%)     max: 29 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 24.2     avg: 24.8     median: 24.8 (1%)     max: 25.3 s
min: 26.95     avg: 27.4     median: 27.3 (1%)     max: 28 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 543     avg: 577     median: 575 (3%)     max: 615 s
min: 685     avg: 696     median: 697 (3%)     max: 706 s
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 11456     avg: 12603     median: 12732 (10%)     max: 13682 Points
min: 14732     avg: 17114     median: 15610 (12%)     max: 21001 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 2983     avg: 4494     median: 4538 (11%)     max: 5246 Points
min: 3941     avg: 5637     median: 5973 (15%)     max: 6648 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 28860     avg: 39597     median: 40263 (33%)     max: 47877 Points
min: 31155     avg: 32374     median: 31862 (26%)     max: 34052 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 28817     avg: 40062     median: 40419 (33%)     max: 46962 Points
min: 29317     avg: 32015     median: 32593.5 (26%)     max: 33556 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 41855     avg: 46680     median: 47434 (38%)     max: 49751 Points
min: 28284     avg: 32266     median: 32009.5 (26%)     max: 37624 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 296     avg: 3628     median: 3748 (9%)     max: 4143 Points
min: 1579     avg: 4508     median: 4609.5 (12%)     max: 6591 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 4005     avg: 5389     median: 5453 (10%)     max: 5882 Points
min: 4922     avg: 7508     median: 7807 (14%)     max: 9138 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 1508     avg: 1810     median: 1852 (8%)     max: 2060 Points
min: 2166     avg: 2523     median: 2566 (11%)     max: 2821 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
831 Points (32%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
2515 Points (5%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 4415     avg: 4440     median: 4440 (44%)     max: 4465 Points
min: 3275     avg: 3641     median: 3703 (37%)     max: 3789 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 8740     avg: 8762     median: 8762 (9%)     max: 8784 Points
min: 9434     avg: 10029     median: 9952 (10%)     max: 10871 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 4033     avg: 4191     median: 4151 (46%)     max: 4375 Points
min: 3558     avg: 3582     median: 3581.5 (40%)     max: 3605 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 7282     avg: 7983     median: 8070 (11%)     max: 8449 Points
min: 9480     avg: 9548     median: 9548 (13%)     max: 9616 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6872     avg: 7442     median: 7635 (14%)     max: 7835 Points
min: 10506     avg: 11390     median: 11301 (20%)     max: 12280 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 3211     avg: 3462     median: 3526 (46%)     max: 3706 Points
min: 3234     avg: 3379     median: 3383 (44%)     max: 3477 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 7645     avg: 7946     median: 7945.5 (12%)     max: 8246 Points
min: 11649     avg: 11774     median: 11773.5 (18%)     max: 11898 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 3587     avg: 3731     median: 3731 (56%)     max: 3875 Points
min: 3601     avg: 3674     median: 3673.5 (55%)     max: 3746 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
7330 Points (39%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
6320 Points (44%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
13912 Points (27%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
10715 Points (22%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
10616 Points (28%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 960     avg: 1044     median: 1041.5 (1%)     max: 1283 ms
min: 1138     avg: 1349     median: 1411 (2%)     max: 1443 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 69.7     avg: 82.7     median: 78 (1%)     max: 141.7 ms
min: 110.2     avg: 122     median: 117 (1%)     max: 143.7 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 28609     avg: 34302     median: 35028 (26%)     max: 37473 Points
min: 21539     avg: 25871     median: 26534.5 (19%)     max: 29587 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
160 Points (29%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
242 Points (1%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
32.6 Watt (6%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
39.4 Watt (7%)
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
15.5 Points per Watt (12%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-7500U → 100% n=37

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 2500U → 115% n=37

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