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Intel Core i5-2500 vs Intel Core i5-11600

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 41 %
Intel Core i5-2500
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-11600
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 27 %
Intel Core i5-2500
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-11600
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-2500
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
697 pts
Intel Core i5-11600
6C / 12T · 4.80 GHz
1,508 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-2500
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
633
Intel Core i5-11600
6C / 12T · 4.80 GHz
2,127
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-2500
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
1,845
Intel Core i5-11600
6C / 12T · 2.80 GHz
7,996
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i5-2500
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
737
Intel Core i5-11600
6C / 12T · 4.80 GHz
1,574
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 Core i5-11600
6C / 12T · 2.80 GHz
7,422
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i5-2500
Intel HD Graphics 2000
106
Intel Core i5-11600
Intel UHD Graphics 750
666
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-2500
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
1,313
Intel Core i5-11600
6C / 12T · 2.80 GHz
4,383

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i5-2500Intel Core i5-11600
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupIntel Core i 2000 (28)Intel Core i 11000 (22)
ArchitectureSandy Bridge SRocket Lake S
Technology32 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1155LGA 1200
PredecessorIntel Core i5-10600
SuccessorIntel Core i5-12600

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-2500Intel Core i5-11600
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 46 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 6x
Frequency: 3.30 GHz 2.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.70 GHz 4.80 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache3.00 MB
L3-Cache6.00 MB12.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-2500Intel Core i5-11600
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 2000Intel UHD Graphics 750
GPU frequency0.85 - 1.10 GHz0.35 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 4832 / 256
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory2 GB64 GB
Technology32 nm14 nm
Release dateQ1/2011Q1/2021

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i5-2500Intel Core i5-11600
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-2500Intel Core i5-11600
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB128 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 164.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-2500Intel Core i5-11600
TDP95 W65 W
TDP (PL2)154 W @ 56 s
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-2500Intel Core i5-11600
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVXSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release dateQ1/2011Q1/2021
Release price213 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-2500
Intel Core i5-2500
4C / 4T · 3.30 - 3.70 GHz
Intel Core i5-11600
Intel Core i5-11600
6C / 12T · 2.80 - 4.80 GHz

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Intel Core i5-2500
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