AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Core i5-2500k. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 1000 Intel Core i 2000
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Core i5
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  1 2
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 1000 Series -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.2 GHz 3.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Max. Boost Clock
  3.4 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.4 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.4 GHz 3.7 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  None Intel HD Graphics 3000
• DirectX Version
  - 10.1
• Execution units
  - 12
• Generation
  - 6
• GPU Frequency
  - 850 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  - 2
• Release date
  - Q1/2011
• Shader
  - 96
• Technology
  - 32 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-2500k and AMD Ryzen 5 1400. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  - 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 -
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 x16 -
• PCIe lanes
  20 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 2.0
• System Memory Specification
  2667 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 1400 and Intel Core i5-2500k Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  65 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 1400 and Intel Core i5-2500k, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Summit Ridge (Zen) Sandy Bridge S
• Codename
  Summit Ridge -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L1-Cache
  0.375 MB -
• L2-Cache
  2 MB -
• L3-Cache
  8 MB 6 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  YD1400BBAEBOX -
• Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
  YD1400BBAEMPK -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  YD1400BBM4KAE -
• Operating systems
  Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit -
• Release date
  2017-04-11 Q1/2011
• Socket
  AM4 LGA 1155
• Technology
  14nm 32 nm
• Thermal Solution (MPK)
  AMD Wraith Stealth -
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  AMD Wraith Stealth -
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT