Intel Core i5-2500K vs Intel Core i5-4670

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-4670

Price

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$ 133.55

$ 6.45 slightly less expensive

$ 140.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2325 points

Identical

2325 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4281 points

0.21% slightly better gaming score

4272 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1776 points

1777 points

0.06% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1704 points

1705 points

0.06% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

34.51 points

46.61 points

35% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1893 points

3099 points

63% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

629 points

1130 points

79% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1910 points

3282 points

71% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

650 points

1186 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

3.4 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

3.8 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

84 W

13% slightly 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

654th of 1,089

655th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

2013 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 i5-2500K vs Core i5-4670 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-2500K performs better than the Core i5-4670. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4670 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 i5-4670 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-2500K. Also, the Core i5-4670 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-4670 outputs less heat than Core i5-2500K thanks to a slightly 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. For instance, the Core i5-2500K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.