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Core i5-2500K vs Celeron G550

Core i5-2500K vs Celeron G550: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-2500K outperforms Celeron G550 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-2500K is 509 days older than Celeron G550.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-2500K

  • Performs up to 3% better in No Man's Sky than Celeron G550 - 160 vs 156 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G550 - 4 vs 2 threads

Advantages of Intel Celeron G550

  • Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-2500K - 65 vs 95 Watts
This is a free version of No Man's Sky.
No Man's Sky

No Man's Sky

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

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

Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011


FPS

160

100%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

FPS Winner

Intel Celeron G550 Logo
Celeron G550

Desktop • Jun 1st, 2012


FPS

156

97%

Value, $/FPS

$0.31/FPS

100%

Price, $

$49

100%

Value Winner

Intel Celeron G550 LGA1155 2.6G 32NM Dual-Core Processor, BX80623G550

Buy for $49 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 1936 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

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

Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011

Intel Celeron G550 Logo
Celeron G550

Desktop • Jun 1st, 2012

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

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

Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011


Single-Core

646

100%

Multi-Core

1921

100%

Intel Celeron G550 Logo
Celeron G550

Desktop • Jun 1st, 2012


Single-Core

385

59%

Multi-Core

629

32%

Intel Core i5-2500K Logo

Intel Core i5-2500K

vs
Intel Celeron G550 Logo

Intel Celeron G550

Jan 9th, 2011Release Date
Jun 1st, 2012
Core i5CollectionCeleron
Sandy BridgeCodenameSandy Bridge
Intel Socket 1155SocketIntel Socket 1155
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4
Cores2
4
Threads2
3.3 GHz
Base Clock Speed2.6 GHz
3.7 GHzTurbo Clock SpeedNon-Turbo
95 WTDP
65 W
32 nmProcess Size32 nm
33.0x
Multiplier26.0x
Intel HD 3000Integrated GraphicsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)
Yes
OverclockableNo

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