Identity
- Manufacturer
- Intel
- Model
- Core i5-2500K
- Family
- Intel Core
- Series
- -
- Segment
- -
- Architecture
- Sandy Bridge
- Release date
- Q1'11
- Release year
- 2011
- Status
- Discontinued
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Intel Core i5-2500K
CPU | 4C / 4T
Current used-market pricing is not yet reliable enough to estimate what a Intel Core i5-2500K is worth. Use the range and sample size below to judge a fair buying or selling price.
Used min
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Lowest qualifying recent sold price.
Used median
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Median of recent qualifying sold prices.
Gaming perf
33
Relative gaming performance score.
Qualified sales
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Current qualified sold-listing sample.
Current Intel Core i5-2500K Valuation
A practical used-market estimate based on the latest qualifying sold-listing snapshot. The fair range uses the middle 50% of prices when available.
Typical used value
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Latest median qualified sale price.
Fair buying range
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Usually the 25th–75th percentile range.
Estimate confidence
Low
Based on 0 sales and 0 stored snapshots.
Price trend
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30 days
Used Price History
The long-term chart tracks how the used price distribution has changed across repeated weekly snapshots.
0 snapshots
No long-term history yet.
Current Percentile Snapshot
This chart compares the latest used-price percentiles currently stored on the CPU row itself.
No current percentile snapshot yet.
CPU Information
Hardware specifications grouped into a readable reference sheet.
Pricing
- MSRP
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- Used minimum
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- Used 25th percentile
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- Used median
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- Used 75th percentile
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- Used max
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- Current new price
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- Qualified sales count
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- Gaming value
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Benchmarks
- Relative gaming
- 33
- Cinebench 2024 multi
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- Cinebench 2024 single
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- Cinebench R23 multi
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- Cinebench R23 single
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Cores And Clocks
- Cores / threads
- 4C / 4T
- Base clock
- 3.3 GHz
- Boost clock
- 3.7 GHz
- TDP
- 95 W
- Process node
- 32 nm
- L2 cache
- -
- L3 cache
- 6 MB
Platform
- Socket
- -
- Memory type
- DDR3 1066/1333
- Integrated graphics
- Intel HD Graphics 3000
Snapshots
- Latest snapshot
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- Latest snapshot sample
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Intel Core i5-2500K FAQ
Quick answers pulled from the latest tracked pricing and spec data.
When was the Intel Core i5-2500K released?
The Intel Core i5-2500K was released in 2011. Release year matters on the used market because it affects driver support, platform compatibility, and how much life the part likely has left.
How good is the Intel Core i5-2500K for gaming?
The Intel Core i5-2500K scores 33 on this site's relative gaming performance scale. It has 4 cores and 4 threads. Compare it against similarly priced chips in the live CPU chart to judge value.
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