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Intel Core i5-2500S vs Intel Atom S1260

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-2500S
Rank 2 - 15 %
Intel Atom S1260
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-2500S
Rank 2 - 16 %
Intel Atom S1260
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i5-2500S
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
737
Intel Atom S1260
2C / 4T · 2.00 GHz
109
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-2500S
4C / 4T · 2.70 GHz
1,965
Intel Atom S1260
2C / 4T · 2.00 GHz
301

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At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i5-2500SIntel Atom S1260
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Atom (108)
CPU groupIntel Core i 2000 (28)Intel Atom S1000 (3)
ArchitectureSandy Bridge SCenterton
Technology32 nm32 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1155BGA 1283
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-2500SIntel Atom S1260
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x
Frequency: 2.70 GHz 2.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache6.00 MB1.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-2500SIntel Atom S1260
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 2000no iGPU
GPU frequency0.85 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 48 /
Raytracing
Max. displays2
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology32 nm
Release dateQ1/2011

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i5-2500SIntel Atom S1260
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-2500SIntel Atom S1260
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (10.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB8 GB
Memory channels21
ECCNoYes
PCIe2.0 x 162.0 x 8
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s4.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-2500SIntel Atom S1260
TDP65 W8.5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-2500SIntel Atom S1260
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVXSSE3
Release dateQ1/2011Q4/2012
Release price48 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Intel Core i5-2500S
Intel Core i5-2500S
4C / 4T · 2.70 - 3.70 GHz
Intel Atom S1260
Intel Atom S1260
2C / 4T · 2.00 GHz

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