Intel Core i5-2450M Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-12

The Intel Core i5-2450M was released in Q1/2012 and has 2 cores. The processor can process 4 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket BGA 1023. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Intel Core i5-2450M achieved a result of 590 points (single-core) or 1,289 points (multi-core).

CPU lineage
In this classification you can see to which group of processors the Intel Core i5-2450M belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of Intel Core i5-2450M.
Name:	Intel Core i5-2450M
Family:	Intel Core i5
CPU group:	Intel Core i 2000M
Architecture:	Sandy Bridge H
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	2
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-2450M has 2 cores. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-2450M is 2.50 GHz (3.10 GHz). An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads:	2 / 4
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	2x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	2.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores):	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-2450M has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The Intel Core i5-2450M has the Intel HD Graphics 3000 installed, which has 12 streaming multiprocessors (96 shaders).

GPU name:	Intel HD Graphics 3000
GPU frequency:	0.65 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.30 GHz
Compute units:	12
Shader:	96
Max. GPU Memory:	2 GB

Max. displays:	2
Generation:	6
Direct X:	10.1
Technology:	32 nm
Release date:	Q1/2011

Hardware codec support

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

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 type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i5-2450M supports a maximum of 16 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 21.3 GB/s.

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

Thermal Management The Intel Core i5-2450M has a TDP of 35 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	35 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	100 °C

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Intel Core i5-2450M is made in 32 nm and has 3.00 MB cache.

Technology:	32 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	BGA 1023
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	3.00 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:	Q1/2012
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i5-2450M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz (3.10 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-2450M 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.

Screenshots:

Cinebench R23 on Dell Vostro V131 (8 GB DDR3-1600), Windows 10 Home 64bit

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 i5-2400S 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	601
	AMD FX-9830P 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	597
	AMD A10-9700 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	596
	Intel Core i5-2450M 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	582
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	579
	AMD FX-8350 8C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	579
	Intel Core i5-3210M 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	563

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 Core i3-8130U 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	1391
	AMD Athlon II X4 630 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	1373
	Intel Core i5-4210M 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1369
	Intel Core i5-2450M 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1352
	Intel Core i3-10100Y 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	1311
	AMD Athlon II X4 620e 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1288
	AMD Athlon II X4 620 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1275

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 i5-2510E 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	592
	Intel Core i7-3517U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	592
	Intel Pentium Gold 6405U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	592
	Intel Core i5-2450M 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	590
	Intel Celeron J6412 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	589
	Intel Core i5-3427U 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	589
	Intel Xeon E5-2628L v3 10C 20T @ 2.50 GHz	588

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.


	AMD A8-6500 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	1299
	MediaTek Helio X30 10C 10T @ 2.60 GHz	1295
	AMD FX-4100 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1294
	Intel Core i5-2450M 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1289
	MediaTek Helio G88 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	1289
	AMD Athlon II X4 635 4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	1288
	AMD FX-9800P 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1288

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD FX-6300 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	534
	Intel Core i3-2120 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	534
	Intel Core i3-2125 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	534
	Intel Core i5-2450M 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	533
	AMD Opteron X3216 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	533
	Intel Celeron G1850 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	532
	Intel Celeron 7305 5C 6T @ 1.10 GHz	530

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	1053
	Intel Core i5-4220Y 2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz	1047
	Intel Core i5-2415M 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	1045
	Intel Core i5-2450M 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1042
	Intel Core i5-2515E 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1037
	Intel Core i5-2510E 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1037
	Samsung Exynos 8890 8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	1034

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 i5-2415M Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.30 GHz	250
	Intel Core i5-2435M Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.30 GHz	250
	Intel Core i5-2520M Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.30 GHz	250
	Intel Core i5-2450M Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.30 GHz	250
	AMD A6-5400K AMD Radeon HD 7540D @ 0.64 GHz	246
	AMD A6-5400B AMD Radeon HD 7540D @ 0.64 GHz	246
	HiSilicon Kirin 960S ARM Mali-G71 MP8 @ 0.90 GHz	245

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 Celeron G3930TE 2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz	2070
	Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 4C 4T @ 2.66 GHz	2065
	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 4C 4T @ 2.66 GHz	2065
	Intel Core i5-2450M 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	2064
	Intel Celeron 6305 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	2062
	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	2062
	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 4C 4T @ 2.66 GHz	2061

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 Core i5-3210M 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	244
	Intel Core i7-920 4C 8T @ 2.66 GHz	242
	AMD FX-8350 8C 8T @ 4.10 GHz	241
	Intel Core i5-2450M 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	236
	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 4C 4T @ 2.66 GHz	230
	AMD FX-4300 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	224
	AMD FX-8320 8C 8T @ 3.75 GHz	223

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.


	AMD A8-7600 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	693
	Intel Core i3-540 2C 4T @ 3.06 GHz	685
	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	685
	Intel Core i5-2450M 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	682
	Intel Pentium G3420 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	673
	Intel Core i3-7100U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	671
	Intel Pentium G3250 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	671

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
566 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
542 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,439 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,412 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,700 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,649 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,954 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,340 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
225 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
728 entries

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