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Is the Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA1155
Clockspeed: 3.3 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.7 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 95 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz, Intel Core i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2010
CPUmark/$Price: 14.20
Overall Rank:
2007th fastest in multithreading out of 4770 CPUs
1871st fastest in single threading out of 4770 CPUs
575th fastest in out of 1369 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $289.99 USD (2024-07-25)
Integer Math | 14,461 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 7,393 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 26 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 9,019 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 1,039 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 66,962 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 354 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 3,587 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 1,697 MOps/Sec |
Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 59,235 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,481 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,150 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,619 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,050 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,894 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,284 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,754 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,535 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,172 | |
Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz | 4,117 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 221.95 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 168.43 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 146.82 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 138.27 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 134.63 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.64 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 55.41 | |
Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz | 14.20 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,629 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,166 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,032 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,919 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,837 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,695 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,360 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,930 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,567 | |
Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz | 1,697 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2153955 - Jul 25 2024 | 4018 | |
BL5069316 - Jul 23 2024 | 4515 | |
BL2146893 - Jul 17 2024 | 4219 | |
BL2146670 - Jul 16 2024 | 2298 | |
BL2146094 - Jul 16 2024 [Overclocked] | 5168 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz | 4,117 | |
Intel Core i5-3550 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i5-2500K | 4,807 (+16.8%) | |
Intel Core i5-6500T @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-2500K | 4,790 (+16.4%) | |
Intel Core i5-3475S @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-2500K | 4,264 (+3.6%) | |
AMD FX-6200 Six-Core vs Intel Core i5-2500K | 4,100 (-0.4%) | |
Intel Core i7-2600S @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i5-2500K | 4,628 (+12.4%) | |
Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i5-2500K | 4,122 (+0.1%) | |
Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-2500K | 3,868 (-6.0%) | |
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T vs Intel Core i5-2500K | 3,850 (-6.5%) | |
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T vs Intel Core i5-2500K | 3,758 (-8.7%) | |
Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i5-2500K | 3,423 (-16.9%) | |
Intel Core i5-4670T @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Core i5-2500K | 4,441 (+7.9%) | |
Intel Pentium Gold G5600 @ 3.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-2500K | 3,825 (-7.1%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,316 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,272 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 9,028 | |
Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,528 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,385 | |
Intel Core i9-14900K | 8,104 | |
Intel Core i9-14900KF | 8,009 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 7,877 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,787 | |
Intel Core i7-13790F | 7,746 | |
Intel Core i7-14700K | 7,542 | |
Intel Core i7-14700KF | 7,533 | |
Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz | 823 |