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In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 5600G outperforms the cheaper Core i5-2500 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 5600G is 3747 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-2500.
Advantages of Core i5-2500
- Up to 3% cheaper than Ryzen 5 5600G - $135.87 vs $139.99
Advantages of Ryzen 5 5600G
- Performs up to 19% better in Resident Evil 4 than Core i5-2500 - 189 vs 159 FPS
- Up to 13% better value when playing Resident Evil 4 than Core i5-2500 - $0.74 vs $0.85 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-2500 - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-2500 - 12 vs 4 threads
Resident Evil 4
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Intel Core i5-2500 Quad-Core Processor 3.3 GHz 6 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80623I52500
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Ryzen 5 5600G
Desktop • Apr 13th, 2021
FPS
189
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.74/FPS
100%
Price, $
$139.99
97%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 6-Core 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Radeon Graphics
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Core i5-2500
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Ryzen 5 5600G
Desktop • Apr 13th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-2500 | vs | Ryzen 5 5600G |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 9th, 2011 | Release Date | Apr 13th, 2021 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Cezanne |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.9 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 33.0x | Multiplier | 39.0x |
| Intel HD 2000 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Vega 7 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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