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Intel Core i5-2500 vs Intel Core2 Duo E4600
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i5-2500
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-2500
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-2500
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-2500 | Intel Core2 Duo E4600 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i5 (336) | Intel Core2 Duo (29) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 2000 (28) | Intel Core 2 Duo E4000/E6000 (15) |
| Architecture | Sandy Bridge S | Conroe (Core) |
| Technology | 32 nm | 65 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 1155 | LGA 775 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-2500 | Intel Core2 Duo E4600 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 4x | 2x |
| Frequency: | 3.30 GHz | 2.40 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.70 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 2.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 6.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-2500 | Intel Core2 Duo E4600 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics 2000 | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.85 - 1.10 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 6 / 48 | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 2 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | |
| Technology | 32 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2011 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-2500 | Intel Core2 Duo E4600 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-2500 | Intel Core2 Duo E4600 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) | DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 16 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 8.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-2500 | Intel Core2 Duo E4600 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 95 W | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-2500 | Intel Core2 Duo E4600 |
|---|---|---|
| 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, AVX | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3 |
| Release date | Q1/2011 | Q4/2007 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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