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Intel Core i5-2500 vs Intel Celeron 3855U

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-2500
Rank 2 - 58 %
Intel Celeron 3855U
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-2500
Rank 2 - 33 %
Intel Celeron 3855U
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-2500
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
633
Intel Celeron 3855U
2C / 2T · 1.60 GHz
361
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-2500
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
1,845
Intel Celeron 3855U
2C / 2T · 1.60 GHz
632
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i5-2500
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
737
Intel Celeron 3855U
2C / 2T · 1.60 GHz
430
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-2500
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
2,425
Intel Celeron 3855U
2C / 2T · 1.60 GHz
848
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i5-2500
Intel HD Graphics 2000
106
Intel Celeron 3855U
Intel HD Graphics 510
173

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i5-2500Intel Celeron 3855U
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Celeron (165)
CPU groupIntel Core i 2000 (28)Intel Celeron 3000 (10)
ArchitectureSandy Bridge SKaby Lake U
Technology32 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketLGA 1155
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-2500Intel Celeron 3855U
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x
Frequency: 3.30 GHz 1.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache6.00 MB2.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-2500Intel Celeron 3855U
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 2000Intel HD Graphics 510
GPU frequency0.85 - 1.10 GHz0.30 - 0.90 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 4812 / 96
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory2 GB32 GB
Technology32 nm14 nm
Release dateQ1/2011Q1/2015

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i5-2500Intel Celeron 3855U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-2500Intel Celeron 3855U
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (15.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 162.0 x 10
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s5.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-2500Intel Celeron 3855U
TDP95 W15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down10 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-2500Intel Celeron 3855U
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVXSSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ1/2011Q4/2015
Release price107 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-2500
Intel Core i5-2500
4C / 4T · 3.30 - 3.70 GHz
Intel Celeron 3855U
Intel Celeron 3855U
2C / 2T · 1.60 GHz

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