Intel Core i5-2500 vs Intel Core i7-4712MQ

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-4712MQ

Price

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$ 135.87

$ 632.13 significantly less expensive

$ 768.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1975 points

13% slightly better overall score

1744 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3663 points

26% slightly better gaming score

2886 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1502 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

1409 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1441 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

1352 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

26.26 points

30.27 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1687 points

2448 points

45% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

571 points

953 points

66% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1692 points

2892 points

70% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

592 points

948 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

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

37 W

156% 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

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

725th of 1,089

767th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-2500 vs Core i7-4712MQ specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-2500 performs better than the Core i7-4712MQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4712MQ in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-4712MQ has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-2500 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4712MQ. Also, the Core i5-2500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4712MQ 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.

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. For instance, the Core i5-2500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.