Intel Core i7-10510U vs Intel Core i5-2500K

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 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 i5-2500K

Price

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$ 3495.00

$ 133.55

$ 3361.45 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2309 points

2325 points

0.69% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3832 points

4281 points

11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1870 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

1776 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1787 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

1704 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

42.05 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

34.51 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2837 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1893 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1168 points

85% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

629 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2696 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1910 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1079 points

65% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

650 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.8 GHz

3.3 GHz

83% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

32% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

533% 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

657th of 1,089

654th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 August

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-10510U vs Core i5-2500K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-10510U performs better than the Core i5-2500K. Despite this, the Core i5-2500K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-10510U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-2500K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10510U. Despite this, the Core i7-10510U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10510U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2500K 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 i7-10510U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.