Core i5-2500K vs. Phenom II X4 975 BE CPU Review
PCMark Vantage
Contents
PCMark Vantage simulates the use of real-world applications and gives scores for the following categories:
- PCMark
- Memories
- TV and Movies
- Gaming
- Music
- Communications
- Productivity
- HDD
For a detailed description of each one of these tests, please download and read the PCMark Vantage Reviewer’s Guide.
You can see the results for each category below. We are not going to compare the results for the Memories and HDD suites.
On the PCMark overall score the Core i5-2500K (3.30 GHz) was 25% faster than the Core i5-661 (3.33 GHz), 41% faster than the Phenom II X4 975 (3.6 GHz), and 54% faster than the Phenom II X4 970 (3.5 GHz).
The Core i5-2500K (3.30 GHz) achieved a TV and Movies score 28% higher than the one achieved by the Phenom II X4 975 (3.6 GHz) and the Phenom II X4 970 (3.5 GHz), and 31% higher than the one achieved by the Core i5-661 (3.33 GHz).
On the gaming benchmark the Core i5-2500K (3.30 GHz) was 51% faster than the Core i5-661 (3.33 GHz), 83% faster than the Phenom II X4 975 (3.6 GHz), and 87% faster than the Phenom II 970 (3.5 GHz). Keep in mind that with the CPU from AMD this score is actually measuring the chipset (AMD 880G) graphics performance, not the CPU performance.
On the Music benchmark the Core i5-2500K (3.30 GHz) was again the fastest CPU, with a score 21% higher than the one achieved by the Phenom II X4 970 (3.5 GHz), 31% higher than the one achieved by the Phenom II X4 975 (3.6 GHz), and 32% higher than the one achieved by the Core i5-661 (3.33 GHz).
On Communications, the Core i5-2500K (3.30 GHz) was 18% faster than the Core i5-661 (3.33 GHz), 64% faster than the Phenom II X4 975 (3.6 GHz), and 70% faster than the Phenom II X4 970 (3.5 GHz).
On Productivity, the Core i5-2500K (3.30 GHz) achieved a score 19% higher than the one obtained by the Phenom II X4 975 (3.6 GHz), 25% higher than the one achieved by the Core i5-661 (3.33 GHz), and 28% higher than the one achieved by the Phenom II X4 970 (3.5 GHz).