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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: 505^th / 1468

Gaming 66%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

Yacht

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Best Bench: 100% Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 81% Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg)

Poor: 81% Great: 100%

SPEED RANK: 145^th / 1468

Gaming 92%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 84%

Aircraft carrier


Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		65.9 %			92.2 %	Much faster effective speed. +40%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	83.1 Pts	90.5 Pts	Slightly lower memory latency. +9%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	88.4 Pts	137 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +55%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	174 Pts	268 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +54%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	281 Pts	505 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +80%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	300 Pts	825 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +175%


Memory OC Memory Latency	94.9 Pts	96.6 Pts	+2%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	114 Pts	149 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +31%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	227 Pts	296 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +30%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	380 Pts	569 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +50%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	399 Pts	918 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +130%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.1 %	0.34 %	Hugely higher market share. +240%
Value Value For Money	68.2 %	113 %	Much better value. +65%
User Rating UBM User Rating	76 %	89 %	More popular. +17%
Price Price (score)	$246	$134	Much cheaper. +46%


Age Newest	166 Months		54 Months	Much more recent. +67%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watts	More energy efficient. +24%	125 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		6 cores	Much higher core count. +50%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	4 threads		12 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +200%
Lithography Manufacturing process	32 nm		14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +56%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.3 GHz		4.1 GHz	Faster base frequency. +24%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.7 GHz		4.8 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +30%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	407 Pts		1154 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +184%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	304 Pts		1041 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +242%


Series CPU Architecture	Sandy Bridge	Comet Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	LGA1155	FCLGA1200
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 3000	UHD 630
Launch Date Launch Date	Q1'11	Q2'20
Cache Cache	6 MB SmartCache	12 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Lithography Lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	3.7 GHz	4.80 GHz
Bus Speed Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI	8 GT/s
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	32 GB	128 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR3 1066/1333	DDR4-2666
Memory Bandwidth Max Memory Bandwidth	21 GB/s	41.6 GB/s
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	Intel® HD Graphics 3000	Intel® UHD Graphics 630
Graphics Base Frequency Graphics Base Frequency	850 MHz	350 MHz
# of Displays Supported # of Displays Supported ‡	2	3
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency	1.1 GHz	1.20 GHz
Turbo Boost Tech Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡	2.0	2
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	No	Yes
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d) Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡	No	Yes
Trusted Execution Tech Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡	No	Yes
PCI Express Revision PCI Express Revision	2.0	3
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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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Intel’s tenth gen, six-core i5-10600K is one of the fastest consumer CPUs currently available. Out of the box, its maximum all core frequency is 4.5 GHz, but a simple overclock allows all 12 threads to hit 5.0 GHz. Although a new Z490 (LGA1200) motherboard is required, Intel have indicated that LGA1200 will remain compatible with Rocket Lake CPUs which are due later this year. The eight-core Ryzen 3700X currently competes in the 10600K’s price bracket. CPU based encoding is akin to using hair clippers on a lawn but If dedicated hardware such as NVENC or QuickSync is not an option, the 3700X can outperform the 10600K in encoding workloads such as UserBenchmark 64-core, Cinebench, Blender-CPU and Handbrake-CPU. Meanwhile, the 10600K is better for almost everything else. Currently, the real problem with the 10600K, and much of the Comet Lake line up, is availability. Whilst there was a paper launch in Q2 2020, at the time of writing, the 10600K is still largely unavailable for purchase. In order to achieve better value for money, without compromising on gaming performance, it is necessary to consider the older generation 9600K which is 26% cheaper and offers similar gaming performance. ^{[Jun '20 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $298	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
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