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IntelBX80623I52500K
$246
AMDFD832EWMHKBOX
▲ 769,578 ▼
 $246 

4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.3GHz, Sandy Bridge.
Release date: Q1 2011.

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▲ 542,882 ▼

8 Cores, 8 Threads @3.2GHz, Piledriver.
Release date: Q3 2014.

Effective Speed 
+14%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 176,206 user samples
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Best Bench: 79% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 44% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 0.5 GHz (avg)
Poor: 44% Great: 79%
SPEED RANK: 484th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 49%
Yacht
33,199 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 65% Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 47% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Poor: 47% Great: 65%
SPEED RANK: 616th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		65.9 % Faster effective speed.
+14% 		57.8 %
Average Score 
+32%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		83.1 Pts +3% 80.6 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		88.4 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+50% 		58.8 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		174 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+61% 		108 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		281 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+47% 		191 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		300 Pts +1% 298 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+41%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		94.9 Pts +4% 91.4 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		114 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+62% 		70.4 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		227 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+69% 		134 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		380 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+60% 		238 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		399 Pts Slightly faster OC octa-core speed.
+8% 		370 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+315%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.14 % Insanely higher market share.
+1,300% 		0.01 %
Value
Value For Money 		68.2 % 79.6 % Better value.
+17%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		76 % Much more popular.
+41% 		54 %
Price
Price (score) 		$246 $87 Much cheaper.
+65%
Nice To Haves 
+25%
Age
Newest 		159 Months 115 Months More recent.
+28%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 		95 Watts 95 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores 		4 cores 8 cores Hugely higher core count.
+100%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads 		4 threads 8 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+100%
Lithography
Manufacturing process 		32 nm 32 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed 		3.3 GHz +3% 3.2 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed 		3.7 GHz 4 GHz Slightly faster turbo frequency.
+8%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		407 Pts Slightly faster OC 64-core speed.
+8% 		378 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		304 Pts 305 Pts +0%
Specifications 
Series
CPU Architecture 		Sandy Bridge Piledriver
Socket
Motherboard Socket 		LGA1155 AM3+
Graphics
Integrated Graphics 		HD 3000 None
Conclusion 
Average Bench 65.9%
Average Bench 57.8%
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The i5-2500K is a second generation Sandy Bridge processor which is currently two generations old and nearly three years out of date. The many users that had the good sense to purchase this processor should feel in no hurry to upgrade as it's still no slouch, even by today's standards. The benchmark figures indicate that, even at stock clock rates, in terms of real-world performance this processor is approximately 20% slower than the best currently available, not bad considering its age. Given that the 2500K has an unlocked multiplier upping its performance by 10% with stock cooling should not pose much of a problem for the majority of owners. Here is a detailed performance comparison of the 2500K vs 4670K.  [Jul '13 CPUPro]

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The FX-8320E is a Vishera eight core processor based on AMD’s Piledriver architecture. The ‘E’ in the FX-8320E denotes energy efficiency with the FX-8320E boasting a TDP of 95 Watts which is relatively low for FX processors. The FX-8320E was launched in September 2014 at the same time as the FX-8370E. Comparing the 8370E and 8320E shows that the performance profiles are similar with the 25% more expensive 8370E edging ahead, particularly on single core workloads. The 8370E is clocked slightly higher with base/turbo frequencies of 3.3/4.3 GHz versus the 8320E’s 3.2/4.0 GHz. Overall the 8320E scores a mediocre effective speed of 70. Whilst this is sufficient for the majority of desktop applications: web-surfing, word-processing and playing movies, better single-core performance is offered by any number of Intel processors. [Dec '14 CPUPro]

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