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AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 5 2500X can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 2500X Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. But this CPU contains 4 Cores and 8 Threads. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? This CPU should be able to play most games, but may be a bottleneck on newer releases. [More ...]


AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

Description: Quad-Core

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.0 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 8

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB

Other names: AMD Ryzen 5 2500X Quad-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2019

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
1635th fastest in multithreading out of 5785 CPUs
1378th fastest in single threading out of 5785 CPUs
486th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
9363
Single Thread Rating
2312

Samples: 38*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 9,704
Thread: 2,088

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

Integer Math30,775 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math15,883 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers23 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting14,900 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption8,483 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression129,775 KBytes/Sec
Physics493 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions4,991 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread2,312 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of February 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of February 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
 58,451
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,294
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 38,941
Apple M4 10 Core
 23,700
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,583
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,084
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,133
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
 9,363
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 130.24
Intel Core i9-14900K
 124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F
 122.40
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K
 107.95
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 60.60
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
 NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M4 10 Core
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K
 4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,600
Apple M4 10 Core
 4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F
 3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,560
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
 2,312
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3252440 - Jan 30 2026
8467
BL3139924 - Dec 16 2025
9440
BL3114386 - Dec 07 2025
9449
BL3024145 - Nov 03 2025
9729
BL3012627 - Oct 29 2025
9535
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
 9,363
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
 9,198 (-1.8%)
Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
 10,654 (+13.8%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
 10,643 (+13.7%)
Intel Core i5-9500 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
 9,850 (+5.2%)
Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
 9,460 (+1.0%)
Intel Core i5-9400 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
 9,371 (+0.1%)
Intel Core i7-9700T @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
 10,553 (+12.7%)
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
 8,731 (-6.7%)
Intel Core i5-10300H @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
 8,196 (-12.5%)
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
 11,527 (+23.1%)
Intel Core i5-9500F @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
 9,983 (+6.6%)
Intel Core i5-8500 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
 9,515 (+1.6%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 2500X Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
 14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,426
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,257
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
 10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,516
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,382
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,258
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D
 10,194
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 9,772
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
 919