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Core i5-5257U vs Ryzen 9 5900X

Core i5-5257U vs Ryzen 9 5900X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms Core i5-5257U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 2076 days newer than Core i5-5257U.

Advantages of Core i5-5257U

  • Consumes up to 73% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 28 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 61% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Core i5-5257U - 472 vs 294 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-5257U - 24 vs 4 threads
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Counter-Strike 2

Counter-Strike 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i5-5257U Logo
Core i5-5257U

Mobile • Mar 1st, 2015


FPS

294

62%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

472

100%

Value, $/FPS

$0.62/FPS

100%

Price, $

$294.95

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor

Buy for $294.95 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 8460 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i5-5257U Logo
Core i5-5257U

Mobile • Mar 1st, 2015

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-5257U Logo
Core i5-5257U

Mobile • Mar 1st, 2015


Single-Core

893

41%

Multi-Core

1703

14%

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

11883

100%

Intel Core i5-5257U Logo

Core i5-5257U

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo

Ryzen 9 5900X

Mar 1st, 2015
Nov 5th, 2020
Core i5Ryzen 9
BroadwellVermeer
Intel BGA 1168AMD Socket AM4
Mobile
Desktop
2
12
4
24
2.7 GHz
3.7 GHz
3.1 GHz
4.8 GHz
28 W
105 W
14 nm
7 nm
27.0x
37.0x
Intel Iris 6100
None
No
Yes

PCs Using Core i5-5257U or Ryzen 9 5900X

With selected game settings

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