AMD Ryzen 5 2500X vs AMD A8-3870K

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 2500X and AMD A8-3870K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

• CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• Around 33% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 3 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 32 nm
• Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 100 Watt
• Around 93% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2323 vs 1206
• 4.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9482 vs 2301
• 2.6x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 987 vs 373
• 3.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 3765 vs 1172

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-3870K

• Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
CPU 2: AMD A8-3870K

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2323 1206
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	9482 2301
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	987 373
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	3765 1172

Compare specifications (specs)