Intel Core i5-7400T vs Intel Core i5-2500

Compare Intel 7th 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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$ 64.56

$ 71.31 significantly less expensive

$ 135.87

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1685 points

1975 points

17% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3216 points

3663 points

13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1274 points

1502 points

17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1223 points

1441 points

17% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

34.25 points

30% slightly higher Blender score

26.26 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2718 points

61% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1687 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

983 points

72% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

571 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2847 points

68% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1692 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1029 points

73% 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

2.4 GHz

3.3 GHz

37% slightly 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

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

778th of 1,089

725th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-7400T vs Core i5-2500 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-2500 beats the Core i5-7400T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7400T in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-2500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7400T. Also, the Core i5-2500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7400T 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.

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 i5-7400T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.