The AMD Ryzen 5 2500X and Ryzen 3 2300X CPU Review
by Ian Cutress on February 11, 2019 11:45 AM ESTTest Bed and Setup
As per our processor testing policy, we take a premium category motherboard suitable for the socket, and equip the system with a suitable amount of memory running at the manufacturer's maximum supported frequency. This is also typically run at JEDEC subtimings where possible. It is noted that some users are not keen on this policy, stating that sometimes the maximum supported frequency is quite low, or faster memory is available at a similar price, or that the JEDEC speeds can be prohibitive for performance. While these comments make sense, ultimately very few users apply memory profiles (either XMP or other) as they require interaction with the BIOS, and most users will fall back on JEDEC supported speeds - this includes home users as well as industry who might want to shave off a cent or two from the cost or stay within the margins set by the manufacturer. Where possible, we will extend out testing to include faster memory modules either at the same time as the review or a later date.
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| AMD AM4 | Ryzen 5 2600 Ryzen 5 2500X Ryzen 3 2300X Ryzen 5 2400G Ryzen 3 2200G |
ROG Crosshair VI Hero MSI B350I Pro for IGP |
P1.70 | AMD Wraith RGB |
G.Skill SniperX 2x8 GB DDR4-2933 |
| AMD AM4 | Ryzen 5 1500X Ryzen 3 1300X Ryzen 3 1200 |
ROG Crosshair VI Hero |
P1.70 | AMD Wraith RGB |
G.Skill SniperX 2x8 GB DDR4-2666 |
| Intel 8th Gen | i5-8600K i5-8400 i3-8350K |
ASRock Z370 Gaming i7 |
P1.70 | TRUE Copper |
Crucial Ballistix 4x8 GB DDR4-2666 |
| Intel Kaby G | i5-8305G | Chuwi HiGame | 5.12 | Mini-PC | G.Skill SO-DIMM 2x4 GB DDR4-2400 |
| Intel 7th Gen | i5-7600K | GIGABYTE X170 ECC Extreme |
F21e | Silverstone* AR10-115XS |
G.Skill RipjawsV 2x16 GB DDR4-2400 |
| Intel 6th Gen | i5-6600K | GIGABYTE X170 ECC Extreme |
F21e | Silverstone* AR10-115XS |
G.Skill RipjawsV 2x16 GB DDR4-2133 |
| Intel 2nd Gen | i5-2500K | ASRock Z77 OC Formula |
P2.40 | TRUE Copper |
G.Skill Ares 4x4 GB DDR3-1333 |
| GPU | Sapphire RX 460 2GB (CPU Tests) MSI GTX 1080 Gaming 8G (Gaming Tests) |
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| PSU | Corsair AX860i Corsair AX1200i Silverstone SST-ST1000-P |
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| SSD | Crucial MX200 1TB | ||||
| OS | Windows 10 x64 RS3 1709 Spectre and Meltdown Patched |
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| *VRM Supplimented with SST-FHP141-VF 173 CFM fans | |||||
We must thank the following companies for kindly providing hardware for our multiple test beds. Some of this hardware is not in this test bed specifically, but is used in other testing.
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| Sapphire RX 460 Nitro | MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X OC | Crucial MX200 + MX500 SSDs |
Corsair AX860i + AX1200i PSUs |
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| G.Skill RipjawsV, SniperX, FlareX |
Crucial Ballistix DDR4 |
Silverstone Coolers |
Silverstone Fans |
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Korguz - Monday, February 11, 2019 - link
Phynazbetter then the typical Intel.. overpriced, and not much gained
MDD1963 - Monday, February 11, 2019 - link
How many folks with GTX1080s would be using either of these CPUs tested (even if they were for sale)? :)Allan_Hundeboll - Tuesday, February 12, 2019 - link
Gamers on a budgetmikato - Thursday, April 4, 2019 - link
Someone that decided to start gaming, or changed to a game that required more graphics power so bought a graphics card. Maybe a kid whose parents bought a computer, or a hand-me-down computer. Even I have been gaming and building computers a long time and I have upgraded the graphics card on my computers several times around the middle of that system's lifetime (I keep them pretty long). I have friends that play WoW and needed to upgrade.There are plenty of situations.Have you seen gaming benchmarks with low end CPUs vs high end CPUs when both have the same high end graphics card?
Ethnipod - Monday, February 11, 2019 - link
wrong power consumption test ...Ryzen 5 2500X get DDR4 2933 (1.3 V) vs coffe lake DDR4 2667 (1.2 V).
(for Ryzen 5 2500X clock up ram freq to 3200, or downclock to 2667)
ty and sorry for my eng.
pajuk - Monday, February 11, 2019 - link
another intel biased review . Why didint youput the price of the i5-8600k like in other reviews??maybe because you know that it costs the same as amd 2700 ??? tired of LIARS.
Korguz - Monday, February 11, 2019 - link
prove it.. post some links...Irata - Tuesday, February 12, 2019 - link
The statement by Pajuk is actually not correct - the i5-8600k costs $288.96 boxed, the Ryzen 7 2700 229.99 - both at Newegg - so it's not the same price but $60 more.pajuk - Tuesday, February 12, 2019 - link
https://www.pcdiga.com/processador-amd-ryzen-7-270...https://www.pcdiga.com/processador-intel-core-i5-8...
pajuk - Tuesday, February 12, 2019 - link
you help me even more, this LIARS in anadtech are as bad as tomshardware.