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Intel Celeron 1037U vs Intel Core i5-2500

Last updated: 2026-05-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 51 %

Intel Celeron 1037U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-2500

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 28 %

Intel Celeron 1037U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-2500

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 2T · 1.80 GHz

324

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

633

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 2T · 1.80 GHz

626

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,845

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 2T · 1.80 GHz

376

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

737

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 2T · 1.80 GHz

738

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

2,425

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1)

Intel HD Graphics 2000

106

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 2T · 1.80 GHz

338

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,313

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Celeron 1037U	Intel Core i5-2500
Family	Intel Celeron (165)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Celeron 1000 (9)	Intel Core i 2000 (28)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge U	Sandy Bridge S
Technology	22 nm	32 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket	BGA 1023	LGA 1155
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Celeron 1037U	Intel Core i5-2500
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 2	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	4x
Frequency:	1.80 GHz	3.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):		3.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	2.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Celeron 1037U	Intel Core i5-2500
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1)	Intel HD Graphics 2000
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.00 GHz	0.85 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	6 / 48	6 / 48
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	2
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	2 GB
Technology	22 nm	32 nm
Release date	Q4/2012	Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Celeron 1037U	Intel Core i5-2500
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Celeron 1037U	Intel Core i5-2500
Memory	DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	2.0 x 16	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Celeron 1037U	Intel Core i5-2500
TDP	17 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	105 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Celeron 1037U	Intel Core i5-2500
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date	Q1/2013	Q1/2011
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Celeron 1037U is 4.2 stars (6 ratings), while Intel Core i5-2500 has received 4.4 stars (27 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Celeron 1037U
2C / 2T · 1.80 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-2500
4C / 4T · 3.30 - 3.70 GHz

★★★★★