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Core i5-2520M vs Ryzen 9 5900X

Core i5-2520M vs Ryzen 9 5900X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms Core i5-2520M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 3565 days newer than Core i5-2520M.

Advantages of Core i5-2520M

  • Consumes up to 67% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 35 vs 105 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 9 5900X doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Ryzen 9 5900X

  • Performs up to 56% better in Cyberpunk 2077 than Core i5-2520M - 92 vs 59 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-2520M - 24 vs 4 threads
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Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

RT Overdrive

Intel Core i5-2520M Logo
Core i5-2520M

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2011


FPS

59

64%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

92

100%

Value, £/FPS

£2.22/FPS

100%

Price, £

£204

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900X Desktop Processor

Buy for £204 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 11 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

RT Overdrive

Intel Core i5-2520M Logo
Core i5-2520M

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2011

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-2520M Logo
Core i5-2520M

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2011


Single-Core

466

21%

Multi-Core

926

8%

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

11883

100%

Intel Core i5-2520M Logo

Core i5-2520M

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo

Ryzen 9 5900X

Feb 1st, 2011Release Date
Core i5CollectionRyzen 9
Sandy BridgeCodenameVermeer
Intel BGA 1023SocketAMD Socket AM4
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
4Threads
2.5 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.2 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
TDP105 W
32 nmProcess Size
25.0xMultiplier
Integrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable

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