Intel i5-2500K vs Phenom II x4 965

[Dropshock]

Hi, I'm having a little problem. I really like the Intel i5-2500K, but the Phenom is good too. Thing is, the i5 puts me over my budget.
How much of a performance difference would there be between aan overclocked Phenom II 965 to 4 GHz vs an i5? With a 6950? If I were to play Crysis 2, Battlefield 3, Black Ops, Crysis, etc., how much FPS difference will there be? Thanks for any help.

 

[stevo58000]

I know this is an old thread but I just want to add something for anyone reading this post.

@Sean76 you shared this link http://www.anandtech.com/show/5626/ivy-bridge-preview-core-i7-3770k/9 to what is irrelevant to the subject, ironic part is you told many people to do their research but if you read carefully on that page it's comparing built in video so Intel built in video vs AMD built in video.

here's some more logical benchmarks http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/the-sandy-bridge-review-intel-core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/20

as you can see like many others tried to explain to him depending on the game, the i5 does a lot better on some games, but not all of them. Bottom end the FPS are still decent and the CPU will still performs pretty well even now a days, I can still get the AMD 965 BE for 90$ retail box

 

[agello24]

get the cheaper phenom II. the 2500 only has a crap more cache to push it over the top in benchmarks. also their is not much of a difference between the two in Real World work.

 

[RussK1]

get the cheaper phenom II. the 2500 only has a crap more cache to push it over the top in benchmarks. also their is not much of a difference between the two in Real World work.

So cache is the factor? Not the fact that one is from 2009 and the other 2011 thus differences in instructions and efficiency?

Single core Clock vs Clock

2500K vs 980BE

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/x86-core-performance-comparison/compare,2761.html?prod%5B5031%5D=on&prod%5B5042%5D=on

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/x86-core-performance-comparison/compare,2755.html?prod%5B5031%5D=on&prod%5B5042%5D=on

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/x86-core-performance-comparison/compare,2755.html?prod%5B5031%5D=on&prod%5B5042%5D=on