UserBenchmark: Intel Core i3-4150 vs i5-2500K

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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: 485^th / 1445

Gaming 66%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

Yacht

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Best Bench: 68% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 34% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)

Poor: 34% Great: 68%

SPEED RANK: 677^th / 1445

Gaming 55%

Gunboat

Desktop 63%

Destroyer

Workstation 40%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		65.9 %	Faster effective speed. +19%		55.2 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	83.1 Pts	Lower memory latency. +13%	73.3 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	88.4 Pts	+4%	85.3 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	174 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +16%	150 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	281 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +30%	216 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	300 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +35%	223 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	94.9 Pts	+3%	92 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	114 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +15%	99.5 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	227 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +26%	180 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	380 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +42%	267 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	399 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +49%	267 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.16 %	Hugely higher market share. +167%	0.06 %
Value Value For Money	68.2 %		95.5 %	Much better value. +40%
User Rating UBM User Rating	76 %	Much more popular. +43%	53 %
Price Price (score)	$246		$38	Hugely cheaper. +85%


Age Newest	160 Months		120 Months	More recent. +25%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watts		54 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +43%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores	Hugely higher core count. +100%	2 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	4 threads		4 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	32 nm		22 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +31%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.3 GHz		3.5 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +6%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.7 GHz	Slightly faster turbo frequency. +6%	3.5 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	407 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +52%	267 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	304 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +35%	226 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Sandy Bridge	Haswell
Socket Motherboard Socket	LGA1155	FCLGA1150
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 3000	HD 4400
Launch Date Launch Date	Q1'11	Q2'14
Cache Cache	6 MB SmartCache	3 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX 2.0
Lithography Lithography	32 nm	22 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	N/A	$117.00
Bus Speed Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI	5 GT/s DMI2
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR3 1066/1333	DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Memory Bandwidth Max Memory Bandwidth	21 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Supported ECC Memory Supported ‡	No	Yes
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	Intel® HD Graphics 3000	Intel® HD Graphics 4400
Graphics Base Frequency Graphics Base Frequency	850 MHz	350 MHz
Wireless Display Intel® Wireless Display	No	Yes
# of Displays Supported # of Displays Supported ‡	2	3
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency	1.1 GHz	1.15 GHz
Turbo Boost Tech Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡	2.0	No
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	No	Yes
PCI Express Revision PCI Express Revision	2.0	Up to 3.0
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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 Intel Core i3-4150 is successor to the i3-4130 2013 Haswell processor. Looking at the 4150 and 4130 side-by-side shows that the only difference between the two processors is a 100 MHz base clock increase from 3.4 GHz on the older 4130 to 3.5 GHz on the newer 4150. The marginal 2.9% clock speed increase brings an equally marginal performance boost. Despite the academic performance gain over it's predecessor, thanks to its excellent single-core performance, the i3-4150 is still an extremely capable desktop CPU and will handle the vast majority of regular desktop computing without breaking a sweat. Coupling the i3-4150 with a discrete GPU will satisfy all but the toughest of gaming requirements. Only the lower powered but significantly cheaper Pentium G's offer better value for money. ^{[Jun '14 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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