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General information Core i5-2500K Core i7-930
Launched Q4 2010 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Bloomfield
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 15.2 %
Turbo Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 16.2 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 50 % 8 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 26.9 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core i5-2500K Core i7-930
Overall Score 40396 0 % 37200 7.9 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 17 % 19 %
Benchmark Score 2663 0 % 1915 28.1 %
Single Thread Score 1686.1 0 % 1284.5 23.8 %
Encrypting Data 1045.2 MB/s 76.1 % 4381.7 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 65.1 MB/s 0 % 63.8 MB/s 2 %
String objects sorting 9027 thousand/s 0 % 8671.3 thousand/s 3.9 %
Prime numbers generation 25.9 millions/s 0 % 22.2 millions/s 14.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14506 millions/s 8 % 15763.7 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7440 millions/s 0 % 6715.5 millions/s 9.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2500K, Core i7-930.

Average frames per second Core i5-2500K Core i7-930
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 74.7 FPS 64.9 FPS
High settings 119.5 FPS 103.8 FPS
Medium settings 149.4 FPS 129.8 FPS
Low settings 186.8 FPS 162.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.2 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i5-2500K Core i7-930
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 121.8 FPS 116.0 FPS
High settings 194.9 FPS 185.5 FPS
Medium settings 243.6 FPS 231.9 FPS
Low settings 304.5 FPS 289.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.8 %
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