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Intel Core i7 2600

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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i7 2600 vs i5 2500

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 2600
2,607
Core i5 2500
2,411

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 2600
10,986
Core i5 2500
8,816

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 2600
2,876
Core i5 2500
2,796

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 2600
2,470,000 MB/s
Core i5 2500
2,410,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 2600
11,071
Core i5 2500
8,767

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 2600
11,820
Core i5 2500
9,632

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i7 2600
8,219
Core i5 2500
6,257

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i7 2600
1,921
Core i5 2500
1,857

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Core i7 2600  vs
i5 2500 
Clock speed 3.4 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo clock speed 3.8 GHz 3.7 GHz
Cores Quad core Quad core
Socket type
LGA 1155
Is unlocked No No

features
Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Supports trusted computing Yes Yes
Has virtualization support Yes Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

power consumption
TDP 95W 95W
Annual home energy cost 41.87 $/year 22.89 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 112.13 $/year 83.22 $/year
Performance per watt 6.49 pt/W 9.05 pt/W
Typical power consumption 114.5W 77.19W

bus
Architecture DMI DMI
Number of links 1 1
Transfer rate 5,000 MT/s 5,000 MT/s

details

 Core i7 2600  vs
i5 2500 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 8 4
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L2 cache per core 0.25 MB/core 0.25 MB/core
L3 cache 8 MB 6 MB
L3 cache per core 2 MB/core 1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process 32 nm 32 nm
Max CPUs 1 1
Clock multiplier 34 33
Operating temperature Unknown - 72.6°C Unknown - 72.6°C

overclocking
Overclocked clock speed 3.93 GHz 3.7 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.92 GHz 4.21 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.93 GHz 3.7 GHz

integrated graphics
GPU GPU GPU
Label Intel® HD Graphics 2000 Intel® HD Graphics 2000
Number of displays supported 2 2
GPU clock speed 850 MHz 850 MHz
Turbo clock speed 1,350 MHz 1,100 MHz

memory controller
Memory controller Built-in Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1333
DDR3-1066
DDR3
Channels Dual Channel Dual Channel
Supports ECC No No
Maximum bandwidth 21,333.32 MB/s 21,333.32 MB/s
Maximum memory size 32,768 MB 32,768 MB
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