Intel Core i5-2450M vs Intel Core i5-650

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

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Intel Core i5-650

Price

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$ 74.02

$ 66.40

$ 7.62 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1014 points

0.10% slightly better overall score

1013 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1935 points

2051 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

766 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

747 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

735 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

716 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

6.58 points

15.60 points

137% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

905 points

908 points

0.33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

466 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

458 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

871 points

943 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

453 points

459 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

3.2 GHz

28% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz

3.46 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

108% significantly lower TDP

73 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB

38 GiB

137% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

942nd of 1,089

943rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 February

2010 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-2450M vs Core i5-650 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-2450M is faster than the Core i5-650. Despite this, the Core i5-650 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-650 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2450M. Also, the Core i5-650 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-2450M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-650 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-2450M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.