UserBenchmark: Intel Core i5-2500K vs Pentium G4560

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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: 484^th / 1442

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: 39% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)

Poor: 39% Great: 68%

SPEED RANK: 631^st / 1442

Gaming 57%

Gunboat

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 42%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		65.9 %	Faster effective speed. +15%		57.3 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	83.1 Pts	Lower memory latency. +10%	75.4 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	88.4 Pts		90.6 Pts	+2%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	174 Pts	Slightly faster dual-core speed. +9%	159 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	281 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +24%	227 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	300 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +26%	239 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	94.9 Pts	+4%	91.4 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	114 Pts	Slightly faster OC single-core speed. +10%	104 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	227 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +21%	187 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	380 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +38%	275 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	399 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +43%	279 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.28 %	Hugely higher market share. +250%	0.08 %
Value Value For Money	68.2 %		105 %	Much better value. +54%
User Rating UBM User Rating	76 %	More popular. +13%	67 %
Price Price (score)	$246		$31	Hugely cheaper. +88%


Age Newest	159 Months		87 Months	Much more recent. +45%
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		14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +56%
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. +46%	278 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	304 Pts	Faster 64-core speed. +26%	241 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Sandy Bridge	Kaby Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	LGA1155	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 3000	HD 610
Launch Date Launch Date	Q1'11	Q1'17
Cache Cache	6 MB SmartCache	3 MB
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX	SSE4.1/4.2
Lithography Lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	N/A	$64.00
Bus Speed Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI	8 GT/s DMI3
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	32 GB	64 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR3 1066/1333	DDR4-2133/2400, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V
ECC Memory Supported ECC Memory Supported ‡	No	Yes
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	Intel® HD Graphics 3000	Intel® HD Graphics 610
Graphics Base Frequency Graphics Base Frequency	850 MHz	350.00 MHz
# of Displays Supported # of Displays Supported ‡	2	3
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency	1.1 GHz	1.05 GHz
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
PCI Express Revision PCI Express Revision	2.0	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 G4560 is one of the first Pentium processors to feature Hyper-threading. This means that although the G4560 only has two physical processing cores, it is able to process four threads in parallel by sharing resources between the physical cores. This typically results in a 50% performance improvement over two physical cores alone. Comparing performance between the lowest spec Kaby Lake i3 7100 and the Pentium G4560 shows that in terms of both performance and specs, very little separates them (even virtualization technology VT-d is present on the Pentium). The Pentium does lack AVX 2.0 (Advanced Vector Instructions) and it trails the i3 7100 by 400 MHz (10%) but there is no longer a clear divide between Pentiums and Core i3s. Intel have achieved an almost continuous distribution of performance levels for each price point from the cheapest Pentium to the top end i7-7700K. ^{[Jan '17 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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