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Intel Core i5-2500 vs Intel Core i7-2677M

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-2500

Rank 2 - 79 %

Intel Core i7-2677M

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-2500

Rank 2 - 46 %

Intel Core i7-2677M

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

633

2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz

512

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,845

2C / 4T · 1.80 GHz

849

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

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

737

2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz

562

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

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

2,425

2C / 4T · 1.80 GHz

1,147

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 2000

106

Intel HD Graphics 3000

230

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

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	Intel Core i7-2677M
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 2000 (28)	Intel Core i 2000M (46)
Architecture	Sandy Bridge S	Sandy Bridge H
Technology	32 nm	32 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1155	BGA 1023
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	Intel Core i7-2677M
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	2 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	2x
Frequency:	3.30 GHz	1.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.70 GHz	2.90 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 i7-2677M
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 2000	Intel HD Graphics 3000
GPU frequency	0.85 - 1.10 GHz	0.35 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader	6 / 48	12 / 96
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	2	2
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	2 GB
Technology	32 nm	32 nm
Release date	Q1/2011	Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	Intel Core i7-2677M
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	Intel Core i7-2677M
Memory	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	8 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	2.0 x 16	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	Intel Core i7-2677M
TDP	95 W	17 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2500	Intel Core i7-2677M
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, AVX
Release date	Q1/2011	Q2/2011
Release price		280 $
Documents	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 4.3 stars (28 ratings), while Intel Core i7-2677M has received 0 stars (0 ratings).

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

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-2677M
2C / 4T · 1.80 - 2.90 GHz

★★★★★