Intel Core i5-2500T vs Intel Core i5-3570T

Intel Core i5-2500T
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2300 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
Intel Core i5-2500T
Intel Core i5-3570T
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2300 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2012
Intel Core i5-3570T

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-2500T
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3570T
    120%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-2500T
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3570T
    112%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-2500T
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3570T
    128%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-2500T

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-3570T

12% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 28% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 20% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-3570T

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-3570T

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-3570T

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-3570T

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-2500TIntel Core i5-3570T
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI

Architecture

Intel Core i5-2500TIntel Core i5-3570T
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameSandy BridgevsIvy Bridge
Release DateJan 2011vsApr 2012

Cores

Intel Core i5-2500TIntel Core i5-3570T
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 2000vsIntel HD 2500

Cache

Intel Core i5-2500TIntel Core i5-3570T
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-2500TIntel Core i5-3570T
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvs70°C
PackageFC-LGA10vsFC-LGA12C
Die Size216mm²vs160mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-2500TIntel Core i5-3570T
Cpu Frequency2300 MHzvs2300 MHz
Turbo Clock3300 MHzvs3300 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP45 Wvs45 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-2500T
    3300 points
  • Intel Core i5-3570T
    3399 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-2500T
    9200 points
  • Intel Core i5-3570T
    9476 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2500T
    6466
  • Intel Core i5-3570T
    8297

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2500T
    2417
  • Intel Core i5-3570T
    2729

points - higher is better