Intel Core i5-2500K vs Intel Core i7-4700HQ

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2325 points

2361 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4281 points

20% slightly better gaming score

3542 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1776 points

2007 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1704 points

1927 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

34.51 points

49.43 points

43% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1893 points

3084 points

62% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

629 points

970 points

54% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1910 points

3055 points

59% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

650 points

996 points

53% 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

37% slightly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

47 W

102% 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

654th of 1,089

649th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

4th Generation Core i7

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 i7-4700HQ benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4700HQ is faster than the Core i5-2500K. Despite this, the Core i5-2500K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-4700HQ has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-2500K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4700HQ. Also, the Core i5-2500K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4700HQ 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.

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 i5-2500K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.