Intel Core i5-2500 Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i5-2500 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 i5-2500 scores 737 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 2,425 points.
Intel Core i5-2500

At a glance

Name: Intel Core i5-2500
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 i5-2500 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-2500 is 3.30 GHz (3.70 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: 3.30 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 3.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Core i5-2500 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i5-2500 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 i5-2500 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 i5-2500 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.


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 i7-2600 Intel Core i7-2600
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
759
Intel Core i5-3570 Intel Core i5-3570
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
731
Intel Core i5-3570K Intel Core i5-3570K
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
731
Intel Core i5-2500 Intel Core i5-2500
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
697
Intel Core i5-2500k Intel Core i5-2500k
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
697
Intel Core i5-3470 Intel Core i5-3470
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
682
Intel Core i5-4590T Intel Core i5-4590T
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
657

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 X3470 Intel Xeon X3470
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
2672
Intel Core i5-3470 Intel Core i5-3470
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
2603
Intel Core i5-4570S Intel Core i5-4570S
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
2545
Intel Core i5-2500 Intel Core i5-2500
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
2531
Intel Core i5-4590T Intel Core i5-4590T
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
2466
Intel Core i5-2500k Intel Core i5-2500k
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
2450
Intel Pentium G4560 Intel Pentium G4560
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
2344

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 i5-3330S Intel Core i5-3330S
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
642
Intel Core i5-3470T Intel Core i5-3470T
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
640
Intel Core i7-975 Intel Core i7-975
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
635
Intel Core i5-2500 Intel Core i5-2500
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
633
Intel Core i5-2500S Intel Core i5-2500S
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
633
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
632
Intel Xeon D-1577 Intel Xeon D-1577
16C 32T @ 2.10 GHz
627

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 Core i3-4130T Intel Core i3-4130T
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
1859
Intel Core i5-3340S Intel Core i5-3340S
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
1859
Intel Core i3-4150T Intel Core i3-4150T
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
1852
Intel Core i5-2500 Intel Core i5-2500
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1845
Intel Core i5-2450P Intel Core i5-2450P
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
1839
Intel Core i5-3330 Intel Core i5-3330
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
1836
Intel Core i7-930 Intel Core i7-930
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
1832

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 i7-4701EQ Intel Core i7-4701EQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
744
Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2
12C 24T @ 3.30 GHz
741
Intel Pentium G4500T Intel Pentium G4500T
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
740
Intel Core i5-2500 Intel Core i5-2500
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
737
Intel Core i5-2500S Intel Core i5-2500S
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
737
Intel Xeon D-1540 Intel Xeon D-1540
8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz
736
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
735

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 i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
2449
AMD FX-8150 AMD FX-8150
8C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
2431
Intel Core i5-4670T Intel Core i5-4670T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
2427
Intel Core i5-2500 Intel Core i5-2500
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
2425
Intel Core i7-965 Intel Core i7-965
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
2420
Intel Core i7-2600S Intel Core i7-2600S
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
2418
Intel Core i5-2450P Intel Core i5-2450P
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
2418

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 i5-2500 Intel Core i5-2500
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 Core i3-6098P Intel Core i3-6098P
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
4155
Intel Core i5-2500k Intel Core i5-2500k
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
4155
AMD FX-4130 AMD FX-4130
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
4154
Intel Core i5-2500 Intel Core i5-2500
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
4150
Intel Core i3-6100 Intel Core i3-6100
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
4148
Intel Pentium Gold G6400 Intel Pentium Gold G6400
2C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
4129
Intel Core i5-2550k Intel Core i5-2550k
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
4120

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.
AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Athlon 3000G
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
343
Intel Core i5-4440 Intel Core i5-4440
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
343
Intel Core i3-4170 Intel Core i3-4170
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
342
Intel Core i5-2500 Intel Core i5-2500
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
340
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

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 i5-2500k Intel Core i5-2500k
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1336
Intel Core i5-4440 Intel Core i5-4440
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1327
Intel Core i7-930 Intel Core i7-930
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
1322
Intel Core i5-2500 Intel Core i5-2500
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1313
Intel Core i7-860 Intel Core i7-860
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
1310
Intel Core i5-3450 Intel Core i5-3450
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1303
AMD FX-8300 AMD FX-8300
8C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
1289

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