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Intel Core i7-4770K vs Intel Core i5-2500k

Last updated: 2026-07-03

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 i7-4770K

Rank 2 - 74 %

Intel Core i5-2500k

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-4770K

Rank 2 - 59 %

Intel Core i5-2500k

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

961 pts

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

697 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

4,593 pts

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

2,450 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

1,165

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

651

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

3,946

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

1,948

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

361 cb

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

262 cb

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

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

988

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

760

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

1,769 cb

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

894 cb

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

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

3,715

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

2,537

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 4600

400

Intel HD Graphics 3000

211

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

477.0 s

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

778.7 s

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

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

411

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

372

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

4C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

2,027

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,336

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

141 cb

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

127 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

709 cb

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

461 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 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

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

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 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 i7-4770K	Intel Core i5-2500k
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 4000 (64)	Intel Core i 2000 (28)
Architecture	Haswell S	Sandy Bridge S
Technology	22 nm	32 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1150	LGA 1155
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-3770K
Successor	Intel Core i7-6700K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4770K	Intel Core i5-2500k
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	4x
Frequency:	3.50 GHz	3.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.90 GHz	3.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.70 GHz	3.70 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4770K	Intel Core i5-2500k
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 4600	Intel HD Graphics 3000
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.25 GHz	0.85 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	20 / 160	12 / 96
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	2
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	2 GB
Technology	22 nm	32 nm
Release date	Q2/2013	Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4770K	Intel Core i5-2500k
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4770K	Intel Core i5-2500k
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4770K	Intel Core i5-2500k
TDP	84 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4770K	Intel Core i5-2500k
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
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, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date	Q2/2013	Q1/2011
Release price	292 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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Intel Core i7-4770K
4C / 8T · 3.50 - 3.90 GHz

★★★★★

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

★★★★★