Intel Core i5-4590T vs Intel Core i5-2500

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

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Intel Core i5-2500

Price

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$ 129.95

$ 5.92 slightly less expensive

$ 135.87

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1695 points

1975 points

16% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3142 points

3663 points

16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1291 points

1502 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1239 points

1441 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

32.64 points

24% slightly higher Blender score

26.26 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2552 points

51% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1687 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

891 points

56% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

571 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2552 points

50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1692 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

917 points

54% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

592 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

2.00 GHz

3.3 GHz

64% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3 GHz

3.7 GHz

23% 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

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

776th of 1,089

725th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 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

Core i5-4590T vs Core i5-2500 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-2500 beats the Core i5-4590T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4590T in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-2500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4590T. Also, the Core i5-2500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4590T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2500 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. For instance, the Core i5-4590T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.