Intel Core i3-11100 vs Intel Core i5-2500k. Specifications

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 11000 Intel Core i 2000
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Core i5
• Generation
  11 2
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.8 GHz 3.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  4.3 GHz 3.7 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 10.1
• Execution units
  24 12
• Generation
  9.5 6
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 850 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 3000
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB -
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q1/2011
• Shader
  192 96
• Technology
  14 nm 32 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-2500k and Intel Core i3-11100. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 -
• PCIe lanes
  16 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-11100 and Intel Core i5-2500k Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-11100 and Intel Core i5-2500k, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Rocket Lake S Sandy Bridge S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 6 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q1/2011
• Socket
  LGA 1200 LGA 1155
• Technology
  14 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT