Intel Core i5 4690K vs 2500K

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Intel Core i5 4690K

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CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the 4690K vs the 2500K.

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CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the 2500K vs the 4690K.

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 4690K

3,306

Core i5 2500K

2,750

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4690K

11,924

Core i5 2500K

9,382

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4690K

3,649

Core i5 2500K

2,994

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4690K

5,060,000 MB/s

Core i5 2500K

2,530,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4690K

11,872

Core i5 2500K

10,319

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4690K

12,942

Core i5 2500K

11,186

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i5 4690K

7,767

Core i5 2500K

6,383

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i5 4690K

2,237

Core i5 2500K

1,863

summary	Core i5 4690K	2500K
Clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.3 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.9 GHz	3.7 GHz
Cores	Quad core	Quad core
Is unlocked	Yes	Yes
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	Yes
Supports trusted computing	No	No
Has virtualization support	Yes	Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
EM64T
SSE
SSE4.1
FMA3
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
AVX 2.0
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes	Yes
power consumption
TDP	88W	95W
Annual home energy cost	21.2 $/year	41.29 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	77.09 $/year	110.03 $/year
Performance per watt	10.77 pt/W	6.79 pt/W
Typical power consumption	71.5W	112.55W
bus
Architecture	DMI 2.0	DMI
Number of links	0	1
Transfer rate	5,000 MT/s	5,000 MT/s

details	Core i5 4690K	2500K
Architecture	x86-64	x86-64
Threads	4	4
L3 cache	6 MB	6 MB
L3 cache per core	1.5 MB/core	1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	22 nm	32 nm
Max CPUs	1	1
Operating temperature	Unknown - 72.72°C	5 - 72.6°C
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	4.51 GHz	4.98 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	4.58 GHz	4.88 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked)	4,652.1	5,433.6
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	4.51 GHz	4.98 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU	GPU
Label	Intel® HD Graphics 4600	Intel® HD Graphics 3000
Number of displays supported	3	2
GPU clock speed	350 MHz	850 MHz
Turbo clock speed	1,200 MHz	1,100 MHz
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3L-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3-1066
DDR3
Channels	Dual Channel	Dual Channel
Supports ECC	No	No
Maximum bandwidth	25,600 MB/s	21,333.32 MB/s
Maximum memory size	32,768 MB	32,768 MB

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Arifulin Damir (12:26 PM, September 21, 2017)

2017 - i5-2500k is still a good processor for gaming in FullHD :P

Voidy (08:49 AM, August 24, 2015)

I'm running my 2500k @4.5 GHz stable since about 6 Months (without chaning the VCore). Thermalright Macho, MSI P67A-G45.

LateBoomer (01:00 PM, August 5, 2015)

Late :( into overclocking. Is it okay for the 2500k to run at 4.0GHz on air stable? My Current set up is 2500k, CM 212 Evo Heatsink, and z77 Asrock Extreme 4. I have been running at stock 3.3 Ghz

Skylark (01:13 PM, December 8, 2014)

Exactly, not worth the upgrade. My trusty 2500k is running at 4.3ghz without breaking a sweat in games! Hopefully Skylake or Cannonflake will do better!

Edward (02:40 AM, December 5, 2014)

If you want a noticeable difference go for the 5960x, it's just 1000 bucks!

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