Comparing Intel Core i5-2500 vs Intel Core i5-2500

description_compare Intel Core i5-2500 and Intel Pentium G3250

• Name
  Intel Core i5-2500 Intel Pentium G3250
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Pentium
• Generation
  2 5
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 2000 Intel Pentium G3000

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• Frequency
  3.30 GHz 3.20 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.70 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 2
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 2000 Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
• GPU frequency
  0.85 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.10 GHz 1.10 GHz
• Execution units
  6 10
• Shader
  48 80
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  6 7.5
• DirectX Version
  10.1 11.1
• Technology
  32 nm 22 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q4/2012

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode

• Memory type
  DDR3-1333 DDR3-1333
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  2.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16 16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

• TDP (PL1)
  95 W 53 W

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge S Haswell S
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1155 LGA 1150
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q3/2014

• Used in
  Unknown Unknown