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Intel Core i5-2500k vs AMD EPYC 7452

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 2 - 68 %

Intel Core i5-2500k

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD EPYC 7452

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 12 %

Intel Core i5-2500k

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD EPYC 7452

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

651

32C / 64T · 3.35 GHz

1,134

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

1,948

32C / 64T · 2.65 GHz

12,845

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

262 cb

32C / 64T · 3.35 GHz

391 cb

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

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

760

32C / 64T · 3.35 GHz

968

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

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

2,537

32C / 64T · 2.65 GHz

26,314

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 EPYC 7452
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	AMD EPYC (147)
CPU group	Intel Core i 2000 (28)	AMD EPYC 7002 (25)
Architecture	Sandy Bridge S	Rome (Zen 2)
Technology	32 nm	7 nm
Segment	Desktop	Server
Socket	LGA 1155	SP3
Predecessor
Successor		AMD EPYC 7453

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500k	AMD EPYC 7452
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	32 / 64
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	32x
Frequency:	3.30 GHz	2.35 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.70 GHz	3.35 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.70 GHz	2.65 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	128.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500k	AMD EPYC 7452
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 3000	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.85 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	12 / 96	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	2
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
Technology	32 nm
Release date	Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500k	AMD EPYC 7452
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500k	AMD EPYC 7452
Memory	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB
Memory channels	2	8
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	2.0 x 16	4.0 x 128
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s	252.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500k	AMD EPYC 7452
TDP	95 W	155 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500k	AMD EPYC 7452
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
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, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q1/2011	Q3/2019
Release price		3250 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	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 (37 ratings), while AMD EPYC 7452 has received 4.2 stars (5 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

AMD EPYC 7452
32C / 64T · 2.35 - 3.35 GHz

★★★★★