Intel Core i7-7700K vs Intel Core i5-2500

Compare Intel 7th 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 i5-2500

Price

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$ 185.00

$ 135.87

$ 49.13 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3620 points

83% significantly better overall score

1975 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5762 points

57% significantly better gaming score

3663 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2983 points

98% significantly better multitasking score

1502 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2864 points

98% significantly better heavy workload score

1441 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.21 points

224% significantly higher Blender score

26.26 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5070 points

200% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1687 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1524 points

166% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

571 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5174 points

205% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1692 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1596 points

169% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

592 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

4.2 GHz

27% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

21% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

Identical

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

471st of 1,089

725th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7

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

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-7700K vs Core i5-2500 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-7700K performs better than the Core i5-2500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2500 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-7700K has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2500. Also, the Core i7-7700K 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.

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. Indeed, the Core i7-7700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.