Comparison of AMD Ryzen 3 2300X and AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

Comparison of AMD Ryzen 3 2300X and AMD Ryzen 5 2500X [S]ave

Attribute	AMD Ryzen 5 2500X ×	AMD Ryzen 3 2300X ×
General Information
Brand	AMD	AMD
Series	AMD Ryzen	AMD Ryzen
Model	AMD Ryzen 5 2500X	AMD Ryzen 3 2300X
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
CPU Cores	4	4
Frequency (GHz)	3.6	3.5
CPU Threads	8	4
Core architecture	normal	normal
Hyperthreading	+	-
Overclocking	+	+
Turbo (1 Core) (GHz)	4	4
Turbo (4 Cores) (GHz)	3.8	3.8
Encryption
AES-NI	+	+
Hardware codec support
JPEG	No	No
h264	No	No
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No	No
VP8	No	No
AV1	No	No
VC-1	No	No
VP9	No	No
AVC	No	No
Memory And PCIe
Memory type	DDR4-2933	DDR4-2933
Max. Memory (GB)	64	-
PCIe lanes	20	20
PCIe version	3.0	3.0
ECC	+	+
Memory channels	2	2
Technical details
Release date (year)	2018	2018
Technology (Nm)	12	12
Socket	AM4	AM4
Virtualization	amd-v sev	amd-v sev
L3-Cache (MB)	16	8
Architecture	Zen+ (Pinnacle Ridge)	Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+)
Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
Thermal Management
Temp junction max (°C)	95	95
TDP (PL1) (W)	95	65
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)	988	1,012
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)	3,755	3,097
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)	1,028	1,028