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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 2500X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 7 5800X is 787 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 5 2500X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
- Up to 46% cheaper than Ryzen 7 5800X - $106.47 vs $199.0
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 5800X - 65 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
- Performs up to 229% better in Cities: Skylines II than Ryzen 5 2500X - 56 vs 17 FPS
- Up to 43% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Ryzen 5 2500X - $3.55 vs $6.26 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 2500X - 16 vs 8 threads
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 5 2500X
Desktop • Sep 10th, 2018
FPS
17
30.357142857142854%
Value, $/FPS
$6.26/FPS
56.70926517571885%
Price, $
$106.47
100%
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X CPU Used 4-Core 8-Thread Desktop Processor 3.6 GHz 8M 65W Socket AM4
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Ryzen 7 5800X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
56
100%
Value, $/FPS
$3.55/FPS
100%
Price, $
$199
53%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-core, 16-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 5 2500X
Desktop • Sep 10th, 2018
Ryzen 7 5800X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 2500X
Desktop • Sep 10th, 2018
Single-Core
1103
50.64279155188246%
Multi-Core
3801
37.03595439929845%
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X | vs | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 10th, 2018 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Ryzen 7 |
| Pinnacle Ridge | Codename | Vermeer |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 8 |
| 8 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 12 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 36.0x | Multiplier | 38.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 2500X or Ryzen 7 5800X
Cities: Skylines II, 1920 x 1080, High
9 FPS
$122.22/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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9 FPS
$150/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 2 TB SSD
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9 FPS
$164.44/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 7 5800X
64 GB, 4 TB SSD
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17 FPS
$98.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,674.49
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22 FPS
$97.12/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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17 FPS
$80.53/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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17 FPS
$175.23/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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17 FPS
$76.47/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
32 GB, 2 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,299.99
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9 FPS
$127.67/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,149
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1 FPS
$1653.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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