AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i5-2500K

What is the difference between AMD Ryzen 3 1200 and Intel Core i5-2500K. Find out which CPU has better performance.

AMD Ryzen 3 1200
AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Intel Core i5-2500K
Intel Core i5-2500K

Performance (Benchmarks)

819Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score793
2668Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2605
6271PassMark CPU Mark Rating4087
1917PassMark Single Thread Rating1697
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score2857

Processor Specs

AMD Ryzen 3 1200ProcessorIntel Core i5-2500K
3100 MHzFrequency3300 MHz
3400 MHzMaximum Frequency3700 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads4
65 WTDP95 W
GPUIntel HD Graphics 3000
Summit RidgeCodenameSandy Bridge
Socket AM4 (1331)PackageLGA1155

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

832Single-Core Score778
1513Multi-Core Score2705
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Linux Mint 20.2Operating SystemmacOS 11.5.1 (Build 20G80)
ASUS System Product NameModeliMac19,1
Model IDiMac19,1
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. PRIME B450M-A IIMotherboardApple Inc. Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 iMac19,1

CPU Specifications

AMD Ryzen 3 1200NameIntel Core i5-2500K
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores
AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 1 Stepping 1IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
3.10 GHzBase Frequency3.31 GHz
64.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 2
32.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 2
512 KB x 4L2 Cache256 KB x 2
4.00 MB x 2L3 Cache6.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

15.60 GBSize16.00 GB
TypeRAM

Geekbench 5 result (single)

832Single-Core Score778
1765Crypto Score850
750Integer Score726
853Floating Point Score 879
1765
3.01 GB/sec		AES-XTS850
1.45 GB/sec
734
3.71 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)903
4.57 MB/sec
809
38.3 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression759
35.9 Mpixels/sec
780
2.20 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)829
2.34 MTE/sec
685
804.3 KElements/sec		HTML5599
702.8 KElements/sec
663
207.8 Krows/sec		SQLite676
211.7 Krows/sec
779
42.3 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering720
39.1 Mpixels/sec
674
214.8 KB/sec		Text Rendering667
212.4 KB/sec
745
5.80 Klines/sec		Clang670
5.22 Klines/sec
913
10.6 images/sec		Camera753
8.73 images/sec
657
821.8 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics801
1.00 Mpairs/sec
856
5300.3 FPS		Rigid Body Physics984
6095.7 FPS
936
51.4 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur726
39.9 Mpixels/sec
849
6.54 images/sec		Face Detection823
6.33 images/sec
741
18.3 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection807
19.9 Mpixels/sec
1602
78.6 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting1483
72.7 Mpixels/sec
1599
21.8 Mpixels/sec		HDR1437
19.6 Mpixels/sec
1060
851.4 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing955
766.9 Kpixels/sec
601
5.38 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion596
5.34 Kpixels/sec
609
19.5 Words/sec		Speech Recognition873
27.9 Words/sec
527
20.4 images/sec		Machine Learning602
23.3 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1513Multi-Core Score2705
4810Crypto Score3013
1213Integer Score2528
1614Floating Point Score 3036
4810
8.20 GB/sec		AES-XTS3013
5.14 GB/sec
1690
8.55 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)3007
15.2 MB/sec
2006
94.9 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression2881
136.3 Mpixels/sec
1301
3.67 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2138
6.03 MTE/sec
668
783.8 KElements/sec		HTML52231
2.62 MElements/sec
889
278.4 Krows/sec		SQLite2672
837.1 Krows/sec
1475
80.0 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering2582
140.1 Mpixels/sec
1061
338.0 KB/sec		Text Rendering2122
676.0 KB/sec
1998
15.6 Klines/sec		Clang2565
20.0 Klines/sec
693
8.03 images/sec		Camera2716
31.5 images/sec
481
601.7 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics2747
3.44 Mpairs/sec
1037
6425.6 FPS		Rigid Body Physics3850
23849.8 FPS
855
47.0 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur3169
174.2 Mpixels/sec
815
6.28 images/sec		Face Detection3232
24.9 images/sec
1423
35.1 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection2910
71.7 Mpixels/sec
3180
156.0 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting4417
216.7 Mpixels/sec
2635
35.9 Mpixels/sec		HDR5315
72.4 Mpixels/sec
4619
3.71 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing4049
3.25 Mpixels/sec
2823
25.3 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion2242
20.1 Kpixels/sec
1992
63.7 Words/sec		Speech Recognition1995
63.8 Words/sec
1794
69.3 images/sec		Machine Learning1509
58.3 images/sec