Beats the competition in 11 out of 12 tests
We ran a series of tests on a new AMD 4-core, 3.6 GHz, Ryzen 5 2400G (in a custom built Cooler Master PC) and a HP ProDesk Intel 4-core 3.4 GHz, Core i5-7500 PC and in 38 benchmarks the AMD had an average gain of 207% better performance.
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| AMD Ryzen 5 2400G APU-based test system (JPR) |
Code named Raven Ridge, the APU has been anticipated for quite a while. The first APU from AMD to employ the new Zen x86 processor and Vega graphics.
The results of the tests are shown in the following table.
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Benchmark results AMD 5-2400G vs. Intel i5-7500 |
The only tests the Intel-based machine did better on was Passmark overall (10%), Passmark 2D graphics (30%, and Geekbench single core (1.8%), which is almost not worth mentioning. Passmark 2D is a really old test and as such relies on old single-threaded constructs. The same is true for GeekBench Single Core. No new programs are being written for only single core or that use 2D graphics, these are obsolete tests.
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| AMD’s APU block diagram (AMD) |
It’s not a news flash that the GPU in Intel’s processors has fewer shaders than AMD’s APU GPUs, and that AMD’s NGC Vega design is more robust than Intel’s GPU. s Intel has acknowledged that with their recent deal to incorporate AMD’s GPU into Intel’s multi-chip Kaby Lake package—kind of a half-way house move before they take the plunge and go cold turkey on integrated graphics and bring out their own dGPU.
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AMD’s “Raven Ridge” APU (AMD) |
What is also important is how well the system will do in cryptocurrency which distinguishes the Ryzen 5 2400G. Using XMR-STAK-WIN64 on the AMD Ryzen 5 2400G processor and standard clock speeds the best hash score we got was around 255 H/s, which is less than others have obtained. We did not adjust the GPU memory size, and we accepted the 2% pool donation, so that may have influenced the score. However, it’s within ± 5% and close enough to get a feeling for the range of the system ( “Your mileage may vary”)
You can get a 65W AMD Ryzen 5-2400G on Amazon for as low as $169. A 65W Intel Core i5-7500 will set you back $195.
What do we think?
Specification wise (cores and clocks) the two processors are pretty closely matched. So, for 13% less money, you can get a processor that delivers more than 200% the performance, this seems like the mother of a no-brainer.