AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X with 12 cores 3.7GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 2500X with 4 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 16MB)

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X 's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 105W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +81%

2235

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

1234

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +194%

12589

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

4269

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +68%

1639

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

971

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +261%

14023

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

3880

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +50%

3470

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

2313

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +314%

39196

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

9465

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

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AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

General Parameters

Oct 2020

Release Date

Sep 2018

Amd

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 3 (Vermeer)

Core Architecture

Zen+

AM4

Socket

AM4

No

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.15 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

12 nm

AM4

Socket

AM4

105 W

Power Consumption

65 W

90°C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

4

24

Performance Core Threads

8

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

12

Total Core Count

4

24

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

37x

Multiplier

36x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

43.71 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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