Intel Core i5-2500K vs Intel Core i7-3612QM

Core i5-2500K vs Core i7-3612QM benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-2500K performs better than the Core i7-3612QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3612QM in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-3612QM has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-2500K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3612QM. Also, the Core i5-2500K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3612QM outputs less heat than Core i5-2500K thanks to a 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. For instance, the Core i5-2500K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.