UserBenchmark: Intel Core i5-2400 vs i5-3570K

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Best Bench: 79% Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 54% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 0.5 GHz (avg)

Poor: 54% Great: 79%

SPEED RANK: 451^st / 1442

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

166,255 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 70% Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 42% Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg)

Poor: 42% Great: 70%

SPEED RANK: 572^nd / 1442

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 44%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		67.6 %	Faster effective speed. +12%		60.6 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	83.1 Pts	Slightly lower memory latency. +6%	78.1 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	94.1 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +21%	77.7 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	186 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +22%	152 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	300 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +21%	248 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	319 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +21%	263 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	94.6 Pts	+4%	90.8 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	114 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +33%	85.4 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	226 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +35%	168 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	393 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +27%	310 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	406 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +31%	311 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.21 %	Higher market share. +11%	0.19 %
Value Value For Money	82.3 %	Much better value. +32%	62.4 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	74 %	More popular. +23%	60 %
Price Price (score)	$136	Much cheaper. +46%	$250


Age Newest	145 Months	Slightly more recent. +9%	160 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	77 Watts	More energy efficient. +19%	95 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	4 threads		4 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	22 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +31%	32 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.4 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +10%	3.1 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.8 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +12%	3.4 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	405 Pts	Faster OC 64-core speed. +29%	313 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	321 Pts	Faster 64-core speed. +22%	264 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Ivy Bridge	Sandy Bridge
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1155	LGA1155
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 4000	HD 2000
Launch Date Launch Date	Q2'12	Q1'11
Embedded Options Available Embedded Options Available	No	Yes
Lithography Lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$225.00 - $235.00	$178.00
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	3.8 GHz	3.4 GHz
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR3 1333/1600	DDR3 1066/1333
Memory Bandwidth Max Memory Bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	21 GB/s
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	Intel® HD Graphics 4000	Intel® HD Graphics 2000
Graphics Base Frequency Graphics Base Frequency	650 MHz	850 MHz
Wireless Display Intel® Wireless Display	Yes	No
# of Displays Supported # of Displays Supported ‡	3	2
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency	1.15 GHz	1.1 GHz
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d) Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡	No	Yes
vPro Tech Intel® vPro™ Technology ‡	No	Yes
Trusted Execution Tech Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡	No	Yes
PCI Express Revision PCI Express Revision	3.0	2.0
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The Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge processor is one of Intel's best performers to date. In terms of real world performance this processor offers far more than most users are likely to ever need. Scoring 2012 points on the PassMark Single Thread benchmark, the 3570K is within a few percent of the fastest processors currently available and at 77 watts TDP it's no energy hog either. The server orientated GeekBench and PassMark scores of 13920 and 7144 put the 3570K at just over the 50% marker in terms of total processing capacity compared to the other processors in the group test. For server based workloads more performance is available from the Core i7 range of processors but for typical consumer use this processor is already far more powerful than it needs to be. ^{[May '13 CPUPro]}

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Pros: Brilliant value for money. Cons: It's not the 2400k which can be had for just a tiny bit more and offers a lot more flexibility in terms of overclocking. ^{[Apr '12 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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