Intel Core i5-2500K vs Intel Core m3-6Y30

Core i5-2500K vs Core m3-6Y30 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-2500K beats the Core m3-6Y30 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core m3-6Y30 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-2500K has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core m3-6Y30 that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-2500K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core m3-6Y30. Also, the Core i5-2500K has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Core m3-6Y30 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.