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Intel Core i7-7700K vs Intel Core i5-2500

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 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-7700K

Rank 2 - 57 %

Intel Core i5-2500

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-7700K

Rank 2 - 45 %

Intel Core i5-2500

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

1,216 pts

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

697 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

6,055 pts

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

2,531 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

1,463

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

633

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

5,149

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,845

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

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

1,229

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

737

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

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

4,719

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

2,425

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 630

442

Intel HD Graphics 2000

106

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

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

500

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

340

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

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

2,523

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,313

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

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

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 i7-7700K	Intel Core i5-2500
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 7000 (17)	Intel Core i 2000 (28)
Architecture	Kaby Lake S	Sandy Bridge S
Technology	14 nm	32 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151	LGA 1155
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-6700K
Successor	Intel Core i7-8700K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700K	Intel Core i5-2500
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	4x
Frequency:	4.20 GHz	3.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.50 GHz	3.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.40 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700K	Intel Core i5-2500
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 630	Intel HD Graphics 2000
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.15 GHz	0.85 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	6 / 48
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	2
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	2 GB
Technology	14 nm	32 nm
Release date	Q2/2016	Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700K	Intel Core i5-2500
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700K	Intel Core i5-2500
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 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 i7-7700K	Intel Core i5-2500
TDP	91 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700K	Intel Core i5-2500
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	Q1/2017	Q1/2011
Release price	350 $
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 i7-7700K is 4.1 stars (112 ratings), while Intel Core i5-2500 has received 4.4 stars (27 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-7700K
4C / 8T · 4.20 - 4.50 GHz

★★★★★

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

★★★★★