Intel Core i3-4370 vs Intel Core i5-2500

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1591 points
1975 points
24% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3153 points
3663 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1182 points
1502 points
27% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1135 points
1441 points
26% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

21.44 points
26.26 points
22% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1825 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1687 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

832 points
45% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
571 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2388 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1692 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1205 points
103% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
592 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

54 W
75% significantly lower TDP
95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

789th of 1,089
725th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i3-4370 vs Core i5-2500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-2500 beats the Core i3-4370 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4370 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-2500 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-4370. Indeed, the Core i5-2500 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-4370. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-4370 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-2500. A Core i3-4370 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-4370 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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