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Core i5-2500K vs Core i5-10600K

Core i5-2500K vs Core i5-10600K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-10600K outperforms Core i5-2500K on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-10600K is 3399 days newer than Core i5-2500K.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-10600K

  • Performs up to 12% better in Borderlands 3 than Core i5-2500K - 225 vs 200 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-2500K - 12 vs 4 threads
This is a free version of Borderlands 3.
Borderlands 3

Borderlands 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Badass

Intel Core i5-2500K Logo
Core i5-2500K

Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011


FPS

200

88%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i5-10600K Logo
Core i5-10600K

Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020


FPS

225

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.73/FPS

100%

Price, €

€164.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel Core i5-10600K, processore desktop, 4.1 GHz 12 MB Smart Cache Box

Buy for 164.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 13907 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Badass

Intel Core i5-2500K Logo
Core i5-2500K

Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011

Intel Core i5-10600K Logo
Core i5-10600K

Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-2500K Logo
Core i5-2500K

Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011


Single-Core

646

38%

Multi-Core

1921

28%

Intel Core i5-10600K Logo
Core i5-10600K

Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020


Single-Core

1658

100%

Multi-Core

6838

100%

Intel Core i5-2500K Logo

Intel Core i5-2500K

vs
Intel Core i5-10600K Logo

Intel Core i5-10600K

Jan 9th, 2011Release Date
Apr 30th, 2020
Core i5CollectionCore i5
Sandy BridgeCodenameComet Lake
Intel Socket 1155SocketIntel Socket 1200
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
6
4Threads
12
3.3 GHzBase Clock Speed
4.1 GHz
3.7 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.8 GHz
95 WTDP95 W
32 nmProcess Size
14 nm
33.0xMultiplier
41.0x
Intel HD 3000Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 630
YesOverclockableYes

Builds Using Core i5-2500K or Core i5-10600K

Borderlands 3, 1920 x 1080, Badass

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