Intel Core i5-2500k vs Intel Core i9-10850K. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 2000 Intel Core i 10000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i9
• Generation
  2 10
• 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
  3.3 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 10
• CPU Threads
  4 20
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.7 GHz 5.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.7 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
  - 4.8 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
  10.1 12
• Execution units
  12 24
• Generation
  6 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  850 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 3000 Intel UHD Graphics 630
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz 1200 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 64 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q4/2017
• Shader
  96 192
• Technology
  32 nm 14 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)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-10850K and Intel Core i5-2500k. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-2500k and Intel Core i9-10850K 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)
  95 W 125 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 250 W / 56 s
• TDP down
  - 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-2500k and Intel Core i9-10850K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge S Comet Lake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  - 2.5 MB
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 20 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q3/2020
• Socket
  LGA 1155 LGA 1200
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d