Intel Core i5-4570T vs Intel Core i7-2600

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 149.95
$ 76.42 significantly less expensive
$ 226.37

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1353 points
2539 points
87% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2692 points
3984 points
47% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1004 points
2108 points
109% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

964 points
2031 points
110% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

30.50 points
38.63 points
26% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1888 points
2047 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

984 points
61% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
608 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2010 points
2040 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1040 points
70% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
610 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.90 GHz
3.4 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
3.8 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
171% significantly lower TDP
95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

854th of 1,089
619th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May
2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-4570T vs Core i7-2600 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-2600 beats the Core i5-4570T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4570T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-2600 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i5-4570T has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4570T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-2600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4570T. Also, the Core i7-2600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4570T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2600 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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. Indeed, the Core i5-4570T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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