Intel Core i5-7300HQ vs Intel Core i5-2500K

What is the difference between Intel Core i5-7300HQ and Intel Core i5-2500K. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

831Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score793
2642Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2605
5125PassMark CPU Mark Rating4087
1979PassMark Single Thread Rating1697
28713DMark Time Spy Physics Score2857

Processor Specs

Intel Core i5-7300HQProcessorIntel Core i5-2500K
2500 MHzFrequency3300 MHz
3500 MHzMaximum Frequency3700 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads4
45 WTDP95 W
Intel HD Graphics 630GPUIntel HD Graphics 3000
Kaby LakeCodenameSandy Bridge
Socket 1440 FCBGAPackageLGA1155

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

818Single-Core Score778
2386Multi-Core Score2705
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Home Single Language (64-bit)Operating SystemmacOS 11.5.1 (Build 20G80)
Acer Predator G3-572ModeliMac19,1
Model IDiMac19,1
KBL Sienta_KLSMotherboardApple Inc. Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 iMac19,1
High performancePower Plan

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i5-7300HQNameIntel Core i5-2500K
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 9IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
2.50 GHzBase Frequency3.31 GHz
3493 MHzMaximum Frequency
Socket 1440 FCBGAPackage
Kaby LakeCodename
32.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 2
32.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 2
256 KB x 2L2 Cache256 KB x 2
6.00 MB x 1L3 Cache6.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

8.00 GBSize16.00 GB
1196 MHzFrequency
DDR4 SDRAMTypeRAM
1Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

818Single-Core Score778
1155Crypto Score850
754Integer Score726
901Floating Point Score 879
1155
1.97 GB/sec
AES-XTS850
1.45 GB/sec
702
3.55 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)903
4.57 MB/sec
917
43.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression759
35.9 Mpixels/sec
609
1.72 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)829
2.34 MTE/sec
739
868.0 KElements/sec
HTML5599
702.8 KElements/sec
734
230.0 Krows/sec
SQLite676
211.7 Krows/sec
792
43.0 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering720
39.1 Mpixels/sec
770
245.4 KB/sec
Text Rendering667
212.4 KB/sec
751
5.85 Klines/sec
Clang670
5.22 Klines/sec
808
9.36 images/sec
Camera753
8.73 images/sec
701
877.2 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics801
1.00 Mpairs/sec
832
5157.5 FPS
Rigid Body Physics984
6095.7 FPS
796
43.8 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur726
39.9 Mpixels/sec
819
6.30 images/sec
Face Detection823
6.33 images/sec
838
20.7 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection807
19.9 Mpixels/sec
1461
71.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1483
72.7 Mpixels/sec
1690
23.0 Mpixels/sec
HDR1437
19.6 Mpixels/sec
1043
837.6 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing955
766.9 Kpixels/sec
772
6.92 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion596
5.34 Kpixels/sec
686
21.9 Words/sec
Speech Recognition873
27.9 Words/sec
733
28.3 images/sec
Machine Learning602
23.3 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2386Multi-Core Score2705
2548Crypto Score3013
2259Integer Score2528
2633Floating Point Score 3036
2548
4.34 GB/sec
AES-XTS3013
5.14 GB/sec
2526
12.8 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3007
15.2 MB/sec
2909
137.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression2881
136.3 Mpixels/sec
1304
3.68 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2138
6.03 MTE/sec
2615
3.07 MElements/sec
HTML52231
2.62 MElements/sec
2040
639.1 Krows/sec
SQLite2672
837.1 Krows/sec
2212
120.0 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2582
140.1 Mpixels/sec
1882
599.7 KB/sec
Text Rendering2122
676.0 KB/sec
2670
20.8 Klines/sec
Clang2565
20.0 Klines/sec
2692
31.2 images/sec
Camera2716
31.5 images/sec
2399
3.00 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2747
3.44 Mpairs/sec
2950
18276.5 FPS
Rigid Body Physics3850
23849.8 FPS
2638
145.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur3169
174.2 Mpixels/sec
2967
22.8 images/sec
Face Detection3232
24.9 images/sec
2620
64.6 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2910
71.7 Mpixels/sec
3624
177.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting4417
216.7 Mpixels/sec
5307
72.3 Mpixels/sec
HDR5315
72.4 Mpixels/sec
3578
2.87 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing4049
3.25 Mpixels/sec
2410
21.6 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2242
20.1 Kpixels/sec
1462
46.8 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1995
63.8 Words/sec
1196
46.2 images/sec
Machine Learning1509
58.3 images/sec