Intel Core i5-4670K vs Core i5-2500K Gaming-Performance
Category : 2013
Published by Marc Büchel on 25.10.13
Especially gamer see themselves confronted with the question which is the best CPU for their system from a performance as well as a price perspective. This is meanwhile the sixth article in our CPU Gaming Performance series of articles, where we compare the gaming performance of two CPU's in recent games. Obvisously you will see the performance difference and we will also point to the price of these chips. Last but not least you will get an overview which CPU is most suitable for the type of gaming PC you want to build.
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Test Setup
Hardware
| Mainboard |
- ASUS Maximus VI Gene
- ASUS Maximus V Gene
|
| CPUs |
- Intel Core i5-4670K @ Stock (Turbo On)
- Intel Core i5-4670K @ 4.5 GHz (Turbo Off )
- Intel Core i5-2500K @ Stock (Turbo On)
- Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.5 GHz (Turbo Off)
|
| Memory |
- 2x4GB RipjawZ 2400C11 @ CL9-9-9-24-1T-Auto DDR3-1600 MHz
|
| Graphic Cards (Driver) |
- AMD Radeon HD 7970
Matrix @ 1'100 MHz / 1'650 MHz
|
| Drivers |
|
| Games and OS |
- Windows 7 x64 (Up to date on the 25/07/2013)
- All games were up to date on the 25/07/2013
|
| HDD |
- OCZ Technology Octane 512 GB SSD
|
PSU
|
- Seasonic Platinum SS-1000XP / 1000 Watts
|
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3DMark - Fire Strike
| Overall Score |
Points |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
6974 |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
7173 |
102.85 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
6899 |
98.92 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
7094 |
101.72 % |
| |
More is better |
| GPU Socre |
Points |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
8261 |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
9267 |
112.18 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
8209 |
99.37 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
8227 |
99.59 % |
| |
More is better |
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Unigine Heaven 4.0 Extreme Preset
| Basic Preset |
Points |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
4230 |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
4284 |
101.28 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
4109 |
97.14 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
4236 |
100.14 % |
| |
More is better |
| Extreme Preset |
Points |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
1192 |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
1204 |
101.01 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
1185 |
99.41 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
1197 |
100.42 % |
| |
More is better |
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BattleField 3
| 1280 x 1024, low
details |
fps |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
194.2 |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
197.4 |
101.65 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
184.6 |
95.06 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
199.6 |
102.78 % |
| |
More is better |
| 1920 x 1080, max
details, max AA, max AF |
fps |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
81.2 |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
81.6 |
100.49 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
82.0 |
100.99 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
81.0 |
99.75 % |
| |
More is better |
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Bioshock Infinite - Benchmark
| 1280 x 720, low details |
fps |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
240.16 |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
260.16 |
108.33 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
211.78 |
88.18 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
237.78 |
99.01 % |
| |
More is better |
| 1920 x 1080, max
details, max AA, max AF |
fps |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
165.79 |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
166.37 |
100.35 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
161.72 |
97.55 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
163.37 |
98.54 % |
| |
More is better |
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Crysis 3
| 1280 x 1024, low
details |
fps |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
77.2 |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
88.6 |
114.77 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
69.4 |
89.90 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
78.4 |
101.55 % |
| |
More is better |
| 1920 x 1080, max
details, max AA, max AF |
fps |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
21.6 |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
21.4 |
99.07 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
20.8 |
96.30 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
21.8 |
100.93 % |
| |
More is better |
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Call of Duty Black Ops 2
| 1280 x 1024, low
details |
fps |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
334.4 |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
376.4 |
112.56 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
316.6 |
94.68 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
356.8 |
106.70 % |
| |
More is better |
| 1920 x 1080, max
details, max AA, max AF |
fps |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
92.8 |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
93.4 |
100.65 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
92.2 |
99.35 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
92.4 |
99.57 % |
| |
More is better |
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Far Cry 3
| 1280 x 1024, low
details |
fps |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
190.8 |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
216.2 |
113.31 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
168.2 |
88.16 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
194.8 |
102.10 % |
| |
More is better |
| 1920 x 1080, max
details, max AA, max AF |
fps |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
32.2 |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
32.8 |
101.86 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
31.6 |
98.14 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
31.6 |
98.14 % |
| |
More is better |
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Sleeping Dogs - Benchmark
| 1280 x 1024, low
details |
fps |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
196.5 |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
220.3 |
112.11 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
175.4 |
89.26 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
198.3 |
100.92 % |
| |
More is better |
| 1920 x 1080, max
details, max AA, max AF |
fps |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
54.3 |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
54.3 |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
53.8 |
99.08 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
53.7 |
98.90 % |
| |
More is better |
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
| 1280 x 720, low details |
fps |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
222.6 |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
265.0 |
119.05 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
211.4 |
94.97 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
253.6 |
113.93 % |
| |
More is better |
| 1920 x 1080, max
details, max AA, max AF |
fps |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
108.4 |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
114.8 |
105.90 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
102.0 |
94.10 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
114.4 |
105.54 % |
| |
More is better |
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Metro: Last Light - Benchmark
| 1280 x 1024, low
details |
fps |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
111.40 |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
117.70 |
105.66 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
99.69 |
89.49 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
113.23 |
101.64 % |
| |
More is better |
| 1920 x 1080, max
details, max AA, max AF |
fps |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
40.34 |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
40.26 |
99.80 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
39.95 |
99.03 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
40.17 |
99.58 % |
| |
More is better |
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Power Consumption
| load (wPrime 1024M,
peak during first minute) |
Watt |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
106 |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
156 |
147.17 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
120 |
113.21 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
130 |
122.64 % |
| |
less is better |
| peak (LinX, peak during
first run) |
Watt |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
128 |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
176 |
137.50 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
135 |
105.47 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
154 |
120.31 % |
| |
less is
better |
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Performance Index Games and
Price
| Low |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
110.93 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
91.21 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
103.58 % |
| |
More is better |
| High |
Index |
| Core i5-4670K Stock |
100.00 % |
| Core i5-4670K 4.5G |
101.02 % |
| Core i5-2500K Stock |
98.07 % |
| Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
100.12 % |
| |
More is better |
| CPU |
Geizhals |
Toppreise |
| Core i5-4670K |
 |
 |
| Core i5-2500K |
 |
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Conclusion
Last
summer we published a similar series of articles, where we were analyzing gaming
performance on the basis of two different processors. Back in the days it became
very clear that performance differences between two CPU's at high resolutions
are close to zero. The reason for this can be found within the fact, that the
processor isn't the bottleneck of a system, when you're playing games at high
resolutions. In this case it's the graphics card, which has to work overtime. In
case of lower resolutions the influence of the processor becomes clearly
visible, since the graphics card isn't the limiting factor anymore.
Having a closer look at the results we gathered while testing eight different
games and two benchmarks with a low and a high quality preset, we see that the
Core i5-2500K, with our "low-preset" is on average 8.8 percent slower than the
Core i5-4670K. Switching to our "high-preset" shows that the Core i5-2500K
is again slower by 1.9 percent. Overclocking the Core i5-2500K to 4.5 GHz makes the performance
with our "low-preset" go up by 12.4 percent but when it comes to the high-preset
the increase in performance is only 2.1 percent. Regarding the Core i5-4670K the
situation is similar (10.9 percent "low-preset", 1.0 percent
"high-preset"). What's quite interesting to see is how the wattage of our test
system increased while maintaining 4.5 GHz stably. The 2500K needed 9.4 percent more power and in case of the
4670K the increase was a whopping 47 percent. We were really surprised to see
that overclocking the 2500K by more than 30 percent only accounted for a 9.3
percent increase in power consumption of our testsystem. Such a low number is
very unusual.
Should you be thinking about replacing your Core i5-2500K setup with a Core
i5-4670K, we can tell you that this step can be skipped. Since power consumption
doesn't go through the roof we would highly recommend to overclock your i5-2500K
and live for another one or two years with a slightly higher power consumption.
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