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Intel Core i5-2500 vs Intel Core i5-13400

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 40 %

Intel Core i5-2500

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-13400

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 19 %

Intel Core i5-2500

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-13400

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

697 pts

10C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

1,794 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

2,531 pts

10C / 16T · 4.10 GHz

15,890 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

633

10C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

2,375

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,845

10C / 16T · 4.10 GHz

9,712

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

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

737

10C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

1,644

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

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

2,425

10C / 16T · 4.10 GHz

10,309

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 2000

106

Intel UHD Graphics 730

595

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

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

340

10C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

674

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

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,313

10C / 16T · 2.50 GHz

6,282

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 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

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	Intel Core i5-13400
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 2000 (28)	Intel Core i 13000 (AL) (16)
Architecture	Sandy Bridge S	Alder Lake S Refresh
Technology	32 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1155	LGA 1700
Predecessor		Intel Core i5-12400
Successor		Intel Core i5-14400

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	Intel Core i5-13400
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	10 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	4x 3.30 - 3.70 GHz	6x Golden Cove 2.50 - 4.60 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Gracemont 1.80 - 3.30 GHz
L2-Cache		9.50 MB
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	20.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	Intel Core i5-13400
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 2000	Intel UHD Graphics 730
GPU frequency	0.85 - 1.10 GHz	0.30 - 1.55 GHz
CUs / Shader	6 / 48	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	2	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	64 GB
Technology	32 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q1/2011	Q1/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	Intel Core i5-13400
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	Intel Core i5-13400
Memory	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	2.0 x 16	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	Intel Core i5-13400
TDP	95 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)		154 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	Intel Core i5-13400
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q1/2011	Q1/2023
Release price		221 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-13400
10C / 16T · 2.50 - 4.60 GHz

★★★★★