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Intel Core i5-2500S vs Intel Core i7-920

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-2500S
Rank 2 - 76 %
Intel Core i7-920
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-2500S
Rank 2 - 98 %
Intel Core i7-920
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-2500S
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
633
Intel Core i7-920
4C / 8T · 2.93 GHz
525
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-2500S
4C / 4T · 2.70 GHz
1,679
Intel Core i7-920
4C / 8T · 2.66 GHz
1,771
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i5-2500S
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
737
Intel Core i7-920
4C / 8T · 2.93 GHz
513
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 Core i7-920
4C / 8T · 2.66 GHz
2,085

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i5-2500SIntel Core i7-920
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU groupIntel Core i 2000 (28)Intel Core i7 900 (7)
ArchitectureSandy Bridge SBloomfield
Technology32 nm45 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1155LGA 1366
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-2500SIntel Core i7-920
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 4x
Frequency: 2.70 GHz 2.66 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.70 GHz 2.93 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache6.00 MB8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-2500SIntel Core i7-920
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 Core i7-920
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-2500SIntel Core i7-920
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB24 GB
Memory channels23
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-2500SIntel Core i7-920
TDP65 W130 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-2500SIntel Core i7-920
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVXSSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ1/2011Q4/2008
Release price305 $
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 Core i7-920
Intel Core i7-920
4C / 8T · 2.66 - 2.93 GHz

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