Intel Core i5-2500 vs Intel Core i5-6500TE

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i5 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

1975 points

2031 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3663 points

3776 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1502 points

1545 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1441 points

1483 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1687 points

2515 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

571 points

783 points

37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1692 points

2800 points

65% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

592 points

1078 points

82% significantly 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

3.3 GHz

43% significantly higher clock speed

2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

12% slightly higher turbo speed

3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

35 W

171% significantly lower TDP

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

32 GiB

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

725th of 1,089

711th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

2015 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR4-1866

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-2500 vs Core i5-6500TE specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-6500TE is faster than the Core i5-2500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-2500 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6500TE. Also, the Core i5-2500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-6500TE outputs less heat than Core i5-2500 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-2500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.