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In short — Core i7-10700F outperforms the cheaper Core i5-2500 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-10700F is 3399 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-2500.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-2500
- Up to 85% cheaper than Core i7-10700F - CA$54.96 vs CA$375.13
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-10700F doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i7-10700F
- Performs up to 13% better in Sons Of The Forest than Core i5-2500 - 104 vs 92 FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-2500 - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-2500 - 16 vs 4 threads
Sons Of The Forest
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i5-2500 CPU Used 4-Core 4-Thread Desktop Processor 3.3 GHz 6M 95W LGA1155
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Intel® Core™ i7-10700F Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 4.8 GHz Without Processor Graphics LGA1200 (Intel® 400 Series chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-2500
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Core i7-10700F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-2500
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Single-Core
589
36.53846153846153%
Multi-Core
1695
23.440741252938736%
Intel Core i5-2500 | vs | Intel Core i7-10700F |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 9th, 2011 | Release Date | Apr 30th, 2020 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Comet Lake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 8 |
| 4 | Threads | 16 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
33.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
Intel HD 2000 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-2500 or Core i7-10700F
Sons Of The Forest, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
63 FPS
CA$18.71/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-10700F
32 GB, N/A Storage
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51 FPS
CA$18.8/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
Core i7-10700F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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CA$958.99
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63 FPS
CA$16.97/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-10700F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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41 FPS
CA$58.54/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Core i7-10700F
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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51 FPS
CA$28.43/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-10700F
12 GB, 1 TB SSD
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28 FPS
CA$42.86/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i7-10700F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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46 FPS
CA$73.76/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i7-10700F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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