Intel Core i5-2400 Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i5-2400 has 4 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 2. gen of the Intel Core i5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1155 socket and was released in Q1/2011. The Intel Core i5-2400 scores 691 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 2,345 points.
Intel Core i5-2400

At a glance

Name: Intel Core i5-2400
Family: Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group: Intel Core i 2000 (28)
Architecture: Sandy Bridge S
Technology: 32 nm
Segment: Desktop
Generation: 2
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-2400 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-2400 is 3.10 GHz (3.40 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 4 / 4
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 4x
Hyperthreading / SMT: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 3.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 3.40 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Core i5-2400 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i5-2400 uses the Intel HD Graphics 2000, which has 48 texture shaders and 6 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name: Intel HD Graphics 2000
GPU frequency: 0.85 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.10 GHz
Compute units: 6
Shader: 48
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q1/2011
Max. displays: 2
Generation: 6
Direct X: 10.1
Technology: 32 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 2 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): No
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: No
VP9: No
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: No

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 32 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR3-1333
21.3 GB/s
Max. Memory: 32 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth: 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 95 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 95 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-2400 is made in 32 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 6.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 32 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 1155
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 6.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date: Q1/2011
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-2400 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-4770R Intel Core i7-4770R
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
647
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3
14C 28T @ 3.60 GHz
640
Intel Pentium G3220 Intel Pentium G3220
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
634
Intel Core i5-2400 Intel Core i5-2400
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
615
Intel Pentium G2030 Intel Pentium G2030
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
608
Intel Core i5-2400S Intel Core i5-2400S
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
601
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
596

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon X3440 Intel Xeon X3440
4C 8T @ 2.53 GHz
2256
Intel Pentium G3258 Intel Pentium G3258
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
2173
AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Athlon 3000G
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
2163
Intel Core i5-2400 Intel Core i5-2400
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
2011
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
2011
AMD A12-9800 AMD A12-9800
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
1979
AMD Phenom II X4 955 AMD Phenom II X4 955
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
1967

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.
Intel Core i3-3250 Intel Core i3-3250
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
610
Intel Core i7-960 Intel Core i7-960
4C 8T @ 3.46 GHz
610
Intel Xeon X3470 Intel Xeon X3470
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
605
Intel Core i5-2400 Intel Core i5-2400
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
598
Intel Celeron G4900T Intel Celeron G4900T
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
594
Intel Core i7-950 Intel Core i7-950
4C 8T @ 3.33 GHz
590
Intel Celeron G3930T Intel Celeron G3930T
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
588

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.
Intel Pentium Gold G6400 Intel Pentium Gold G6400
2C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
1811
Intel Core i5-2380P Intel Core i5-2380P
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1802
Intel Core i3-10100Y Intel Core i3-10100Y
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1788
Intel Core i5-2400 Intel Core i5-2400
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1778
AMD Athlon X4 845 AMD Athlon X4 845
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
1772
Intel Core i7-920 Intel Core i7-920
4C 8T @ 2.66 GHz
1771
Intel Core i5-3330S Intel Core i5-3330S
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1766

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-3330 Intel Core i5-3330
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
695
Intel Pentium G3240 Intel Pentium G3240
2C 2T @ 3.10 GHz
694
Intel Core i5-3330S Intel Core i5-3330S
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
693
Intel Core i5-2400 Intel Core i5-2400
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
691
Intel Xeon E5-2650L v3 Intel Xeon E5-2650L v3
12C 24T @ 2.50 GHz
688
Intel Core i3-3250 Intel Core i3-3250
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
687
Intel Core i3-2130 Intel Core i3-2130
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
685

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-2380P Intel Core i5-2380P
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
2377
Intel Core i7-960 Intel Core i7-960
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
2370
Intel Pentium Gold G7400T Intel Pentium Gold G7400T
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
2369
Intel Core i5-2400 Intel Core i5-2400
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
2345
Intel Core i5-3340S Intel Core i5-3340S
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
2345
Intel Core i5-3330 Intel Core i5-3330
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2343
AMD Athlon 300GE AMD Athlon 300GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
2338

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4
18C 36T @ 3.60 GHz
257
AMD A12-9800 AMD A12-9800
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
254
Intel Core i3-3220 Intel Core i3-3220
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
254
Intel Core i5-2400 Intel Core i5-2400
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
253
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
249
Intel Core i5-4590T Intel Core i5-4590T
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
243
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
231

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-2500k Intel Core i5-2500k
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
894
AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Athlon 3000G
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
887
Intel Xeon X3440 Intel Xeon X3440
4C 8T @ 2.53 GHz
885
Intel Core i5-2400 Intel Core i5-2400
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
863
AMD FX-6300 AMD FX-6300
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
854
Intel Pentium G4600 Intel Pentium G4600
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
838
AMD FX-6200 AMD FX-6200
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
836

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i5-3570 Intel Core i5-3570
Intel HD Graphics 2500 @ 1.15 GHz
110
Intel Core i5-3570S Intel Core i5-3570S
Intel HD Graphics 2500 @ 1.15 GHz
110
Intel Core i5-3570T Intel Core i5-3570T
Intel HD Graphics 2500 @ 1.15 GHz
110
Intel Core i5-2400 Intel Core i5-2400
Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz
106
Intel Core i3-2115C Intel Core i3-2115C
Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz
106
Intel Core i3-2130 Intel Core i3-2130
Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz
106
Intel Core i3-2120T Intel Core i3-2120T
Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz
106

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
3592
Intel Core i3-4170 Intel Core i3-4170
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
3585
Intel Core i3-4350 Intel Core i3-4350
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3562
Intel Core i5-2400 Intel Core i5-2400
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
3560
AMD A8-3850 AMD A8-3850
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
3555
Intel Core i3-4330 Intel Core i3-4330
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
3550
Intel Core i3-4340 Intel Core i3-4340
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3540

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Pentium G4560 Intel Pentium G4560
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
339
Intel Core i7-2600 Intel Core i7-2600
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
337
Intel Core i3-4160 Intel Core i3-4160
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
331
Intel Core i5-2400 Intel Core i5-2400
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
317
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
316
Intel Core i3-4130 Intel Core i3-4130
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
313
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
312

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i7-920 Intel Core i7-920
4C 8T @ 2.66 GHz
1263
Intel Core i5-3350P Intel Core i5-3350P
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1237
AMD FX-8320E AMD FX-8320E
8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
1235
Intel Core i5-2400 Intel Core i5-2400
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1230
Intel Xeon X3440 Intel Xeon X3440
4C 8T @ 2.53 GHz
1219
Intel Core i5-3330 Intel Core i5-3330
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
1201
Intel Core i5-2320 Intel Core i5-2320
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
1194

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i3-3220 Intel Core i3-3220
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
115
Intel Core i3-4150T Intel Core i3-4150T
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
115
Intel Core i3-4330T Intel Core i3-4330T
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
115
Intel Core i5-2400 Intel Core i5-2400
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
114
AMD FX-9590 AMD FX-9590
8C 8T @ 5.00 GHz
114
Intel Pentium G3450T Intel Pentium G3450T
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
113
Intel Pentium G3440T Intel Pentium G3440T
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
113

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Phenom II X4 975 AMD Phenom II X4 975
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
362
Intel Core i5-4590T Intel Core i5-4590T
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
361
Intel Core i3-4150 Intel Core i3-4150
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
357
Intel Core i5-2400 Intel Core i5-2400
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
355
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
355
AMD Phenom II X4 970 AMD Phenom II X4 970
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
355
Intel Core i3-4330 Intel Core i3-4330
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
351

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