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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-10700 outperforms the more expensive Core i5-2500 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-10700 is 3399 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-2500.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-10700
- Performs up to 3300% better in Cities: Skylines II than Core i5-2500 - 34 vs 1 FPS
- Up to 12% cheaper than Core i5-2500 - €254.88 vs €288.88
- Up to 97% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Core i5-2500 - €7.5 vs €288.88 per 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
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel Core i5-2500
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Core i7-10700
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
FPS
34
100%
Value, €/FPS
€7.5/FPS
100%
Price, €
€254.88
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-10700, processore desktop, per sistemi desktop 8 core fino a 4,8 GHz LGA 1200 (chipset Intel® serie 400) 65 W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-2500
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Core i7-10700
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-2500 | vs | Intel Core i7-10700 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | UHD Graphics 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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