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 ...]

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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:
1586th fastest in multithreading out of 5489 CPUs
1334th fastest in single threading out of 5489 CPUs
473rd fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

9390

Single Thread Rating

2315

Samples: 36*
*Margin for error: Low

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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

Integer Math	30,812 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	15,908 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	23 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	14,945 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	8,506 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	130,454 KBytes/Sec
Physics	496 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	4,996 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,315 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of December 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of December 2025.
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 December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,551
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,354
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,952
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,147
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,845
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,546
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,108
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,684
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X		9,390

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		282.22
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		163.67
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.58
Intel Core i5-12400F		130.77
Intel Core i9-14900K		130.40
Intel Core i9-13900K		106.29
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.74
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 13th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,696
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,889
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,487
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,915
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X		2,315

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3114386 - Dec 07 2025		9449
BL3024145 - Nov 03 2025		9729
BL3012627 - Oct 29 2025		9535
BL2995980 - Oct 22 2025		8802
BL2966393 - Oct 10 2025		8565

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 December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X		9,390
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X		9,201 (-2.0%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X		10,647 (+13.4%)
Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X		10,646 (+13.4%)
Intel Core i5-9500 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X		9,831 (+4.7%)
Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X		9,462 (+0.8%)
Intel Core i5-9400 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X		9,370 (-0.2%)
Intel Core i7-9700T @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X		10,611 (+13.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X		8,731 (-7.0%)
Intel Core i5-10300H @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X		8,207 (-12.6%)
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X		11,533 (+22.8%)
Intel Core i5-9500F @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X		9,983 (+6.3%)
Intel Core i5-8500 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X		9,521 (+1.4%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 2500X Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,446
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,255
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,795
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,513
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,447
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,285
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,270
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,669
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,475
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,415
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X		923

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