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Intel Core i5-2500 vs Intel Core i3-6320

Last updated: 2026-04-07

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 61 %

Intel Core i5-2500

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-6320

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 88 %

Intel Core i5-2500

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-6320

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

633

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

1,311

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,845

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

2,730

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

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

737

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

1,011

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

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

2,425

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

2,331

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 2000

106

Intel HD Graphics 530

442

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

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	Intel Core i3-6320
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU group	Intel Core i 2000 (28)	Intel Core i 6000 (24)
Architecture	Sandy Bridge S	Skylake S
Technology	32 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1155	LGA 1151
Predecessor
Successor		Intel Core i3-7320

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	Intel Core i3-6320
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	2 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	2x
Frequency:	3.30 GHz	3.90 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	4.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	Intel Core i3-6320
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 2000	Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency	0.85 - 1.10 GHz	0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	6 / 48	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	2	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	32 GB
Technology	32 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q1/2011	Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	Intel Core i3-6320
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	Intel Core i3-6320
Memory	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	2.0 x 16	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	Intel Core i3-6320
TDP	95 W	51 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	Intel Core i3-6320
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	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q1/2011	Q3/2015
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 Core i5-2500 is 4.4 stars (27 ratings), while Intel Core i3-6320 has received 5.0 stars (3 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

Intel Core i3-6320
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

★★★★★