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Intel Core i5-2500k vs AMD A8-6500

Last updated: 2026-06-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-2500k

Rank 2 - 64 %

AMD A8-6500

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-2500k

Rank 2 - 60 %

AMD A8-6500

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

760

4C / 4T · 4.10 GHz

489

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

2,537

4C / 4T · 4.10 GHz

1,299

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 3000

211

AMD Radeon HD 8570D

432

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

127 cb

4C / 4T · 4.10 GHz

90 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

461 cb

4C / 4T · 4.10 GHz

293 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500k	AMD A8-6500
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	AMD A (112)
CPU group	Intel Core i 2000 (28)	AMD A8-6000 (4)
Architecture	Sandy Bridge S	Richland (Piledriver)
Technology	32 nm	32 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1155	FM2
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500k	AMD A8-6500
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	4x
Frequency:	3.30 GHz	3.50 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.70 GHz	4.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.70 GHz	4.10 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	4.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500k	AMD A8-6500
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 3000	AMD Radeon HD 8570D
GPU frequency	0.85 - 1.10 GHz	0.84 GHz
CUs / Shader	12 / 96	4 / 256
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	2	2
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	2 GB
Technology	32 nm	32 nm
Release date	Q1/2011	Q2/2013

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500k	AMD A8-6500
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500k	AMD A8-6500
Memory	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)	DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500k	AMD A8-6500
TDP	95 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500k	AMD A8-6500
Chip design	Monolithic	Unknown
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
Release date	Q1/2011	Q2/2013
Release price		85 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i5-2500k is 3.9 stars (38 ratings), while AMD A8-6500 has received 4.1 stars (7 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i5-2500k
4C / 4T · 3.30 - 3.70 GHz

★★★★★

AMD A8-6500
4C / 4T · 3.50 - 4.10 GHz

★★★★★