Intel Core i5-2500K vs Intel Xeon X5570

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

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Intel Xeon X5570

Price

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$ 133.55

$ 98.95

$ 34.60 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2325 points

5% slightly better overall score

2200 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4281 points

25% slightly better gaming score

3421 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1776 points

1823 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1704 points

1750 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1893 points

2624 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

629 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

541 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1910 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1741 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

650 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

480 points

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

12% slightly higher clock speed

2.93 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

3.33 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

Identical

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

144 GiB

350% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

654th of 1,089

685th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

2009 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-2500K vs Xeon X5570 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-2500K performs better than the Xeon X5570. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5570 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-2500K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5570. Also, the Core i5-2500K has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i5-2500K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.