UserBenchmark: Intel Core i5-2500K vs i7-2700K

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Best Bench: 85% Base clock 4.8 GHz, turbo 6.65 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 60% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 0.35 GHz (avg)

Poor: 60% Great: 85%

SPEED RANK: 339^th / 1442

Gaming 73%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 58%

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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%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 49%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		73 %	Faster effective speed. +11%		65.9 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	87.7 Pts	Slightly lower memory latency. +6%	83.1 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	96 Pts	Slightly faster single-core speed. +9%	88.4 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	183 Pts	Slightly faster dual-core speed. +5%	174 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	318 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +13%	281 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	460 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +53%	300 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	96.4 Pts	+2%	94.9 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	121 Pts	Slightly faster OC single-core speed. +6%	114 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	236 Pts	+4%	227 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	412 Pts	Slightly faster OC quad-core speed. +8%	380 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	600 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +50%	399 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.02 %		0.16 %	Hugely higher market share. +700%
Value Value For Money	99.8 %	Much better value. +47%	68.2 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	55 %		76 %	Much more popular. +38%
Price Price (score)	$89	Much cheaper. +64%	$246


Age Newest	151 Months	Slightly more recent. +5%	159 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watts		95 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	8 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +100%	4 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	32 nm		32 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.5 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +6%	3.3 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.9 GHz	Slightly faster turbo frequency. +5%	3.7 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	606 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +49%	407 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	466 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +53%	304 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Sandy Bridge	Sandy Bridge
Socket Motherboard Socket	LGA1155	LGA1155
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 3000	HD 3000
Launch Date Launch Date	Q4'11	Q1'11
Cache Cache	8 MB SmartCache	6 MB SmartCache
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	3.9 GHz	3.7 GHz
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency	1.35 GHz	1.1 GHz
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	Yes	No
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The Core i7-2700K is a 3.5GHz Sandy Bridge processor. Sporting four cores and eight threads the 2700K has a strong performance profile, even by today's standards. Comparing the 2700K and the 4770K shows that although the 4770K is two generations and nearly two years newer there is still only around 7% separating the processors in terms of overall calculation throughput. The 4770K does have a 12% lower TDP and it's also compatible with Intel's latest platform so as a new purchase it is the clear winner, but owners of the 2700K are only missing out on marginally better performance. ^{[Mar '14 CPUPro]}

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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 Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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