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Intel Core i5-2500k vs Intel Core i7-10700

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 56 %

Intel Core i5-2500k

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-10700

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 25 %

Intel Core i5-2500k

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-10700

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

697 pts

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,255 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

2,450 pts

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

12,250 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

651

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,597

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

1,948

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

7,926

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

262 cb

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

499 cb

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

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

760

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,267

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

894 cb

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

4,834 cb

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

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

2,537

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

8,945

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 3000

211

Intel UHD Graphics 630

461

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

372

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

536

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,336

8C / 16T · 2.90 GHz

5,353

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

127 cb

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

214 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

461 cb

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

2,291 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

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

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 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

Monero Hashrate
94 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	Intel Core i7-10700
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 2000 (28)	Intel Core i 10000 (43)
Architecture	Sandy Bridge S	Comet Lake S
Technology	32 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1155	LGA 1200
Predecessor		Intel Core i7-9700
Successor		Intel Core i7-11700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500k	Intel Core i7-10700
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	8 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	8x
Frequency:	3.30 GHz	2.90 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.70 GHz	4.80 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.70 GHz	4.60 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	16.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500k	Intel Core i7-10700
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 3000	Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency	0.85 - 1.10 GHz	0.35 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader	12 / 96	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	2	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	64 GB
Technology	32 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q1/2011	Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500k	Intel Core i7-10700
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500k	Intel Core i7-10700
Memory	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)	DDR4-2933 (46.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	2.0 x 16	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500k	Intel Core i7-10700
TDP	95 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500k	Intel Core i7-10700
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q1/2011	Q2/2020
Release price		323 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-10700
8C / 16T · 2.90 - 4.80 GHz

★★★★★