Core i7-2600K and Core i5-2500K Radeon HD 7970 Gaming-Performance-Difference

Published by Marc Büchel on 22.02.12
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In this article we're going to check gaming performance of Intels LGA 1155 Sandy Bridge CPUs when they're being supported by a Radeon HD 7970 graphics card from XFX. We're curious if there will be a measurable performance gaps between these two CPUs regarding modern games or if the 100 MHz and the absence of hyperthreading on the Core i5-2500K don't even have an influence on gaming performance.





Specifications

  i7-2600K i5-2500K
Codename Sandy Bridge Sandy Bridge
Socket LGA 1155 LGA 1155
Manufacturing 32 nm 32 nm
Transistors 995 Million 995 Million
Die-size 265 mm2 265 mm2
Clock 3.40 GHz (Turbo 3.80 GHz) 3.30 GHz (Turbo 3.70 GHz)
Cores / Threads 4C / 8T 4C / 4T
Turbo Yes (2.0) Yes (2.0)
Bus Speed 100 MHz 100 MHz
Memory DDR3 DDR3
Memory controller Dual Channel Dual Channel
QPI -- GT/s -- GT/s
L1 Execution Cache 32 KByte 32 KByte
L1 Data Cache 32 KByte 32 KByte
L2 Cache 256 KByte 256 KByte
L3 Cache 8 MB shared 6 MB shared
TDP 95 Watt 95 Watt
C1E technology Yes Yes
Enhanced Intel Speed Step Yes Yes
Virtualisation Vanderpool Vanderpool
Instruction sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
SSE4.2, AVX, EM64T
MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
SSE4.2, AVX, EM64T



Page 1 - Introduction / Specs Page 5 - Crysis / Resident Evil 5
Page 2 - Test setup Page 6 - Call of Juarez / Far Cry 2
Page 3 - 3DMark 11 / 3DMark Vantage Page 7 - Street Fighter 4 / World in Conflict
Page 4 - Unigine Heaven / Stone Giant Page 8 - Conclusion


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