Intel Core i5-2500 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-12

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.

CPU lineage
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Name:	Intel Core i5-2500
Family:	Intel Core i5 (331)
CPU group:	Intel Core i 2000 (28)
Architecture:	Sandy Bridge S
Segment:	Desktop / Server
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):	--

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 i5-2500 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 type:	Memory bandwidth:
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.

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

Intel Core i5-2500
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz (3.70 GHz)

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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 i7-7Y75 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	723
	Intel Core i5-6200U 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	716
	Intel Core M-5Y71 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	714
	Intel Core i5-2500 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	697
	Intel Core i5-5287U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	697
	Intel Core i5-2500k 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	697
	Intel Processor N200 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	696

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.


	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	2586
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	2586
	Intel Core i5-4570S 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	2545
	Intel Core i5-2500 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	2531
	Intel Core i7-7567U 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	2501
	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	2466
	Intel Core i5-2500k 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	2450

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 i7-3520M 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	740
	Intel Pentium G4500T 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	740
	Intel Core i5-3360M 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	738
	Intel Core i5-2500 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	737
	Intel Core i5-2500S 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	737
	Intel Xeon D-1540 8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz	736
	Intel Celeron G4900T 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.


	HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G 8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz	2429
	Intel Core i3-1115G4E 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	2428
	Intel Core i5-4670T 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	2427
	Intel Core i5-2500 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	2425
	Intel Core i7-965 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	2420
	Intel Core i7-2600S 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	2418
	Intel Core i5-2450P 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	2418

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.


	Intel Core i7-3615QM 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	637
	Intel Core i7-3687U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	635
	Intel Core i7-975 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	635
	Intel Core i5-2500 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	633
	MediaTek Helio G90T 8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz	633
	Intel Core i7-2620M 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	633
	Intel Core i5-2500S 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	633

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.


	Intel Core i3-4130T 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	1859
	MediaTek Dimensity 700 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	1858
	Intel Core i3-4150T 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1852
	Intel Core i5-2500 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	1845
	MediaTek Helio G96 8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz	1842
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	1842
	Intel Core i5-2450P 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	1839

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.


	MediaTek Helio X20 ARM Mali-T880 MP4 @ 0.78 GHz	106
	Intel Atom x6214RE Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU) @ 0.40 GHz	106
	Intel Atom x6414RE Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU) @ 0.40 GHz	106
	Intel Core i5-2500 Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz	106
	Intel Core i3-2115C Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz	106
	Intel Core i3-2130 Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz	106
	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 i5-2500k 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	4155
	AMD FX-4130 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	4154
	MediaTek Dimensity 810 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	4154
	Intel Core i5-2500 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	4150
	Intel Pentium J6426 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	4150
	Intel Core i3-6100 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	4148
	Intel Core i7-7660U 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	4132

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 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	343
	Intel Core i5-4440 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	343
	Intel Core i3-4170 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	342
	Intel Core i5-2500 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	340
	Intel Pentium G4560 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	339
	Intel Core i7-2600 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	337
	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 i7-930 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	1322
	Intel Core i3-1115G4 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	1320
	Intel Core i7-2860QM 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	1318
	Intel Core i5-2500 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	1313
	Intel Core i7-860 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	1310
	Intel Processor N100 4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	1304
	Intel Core i5-3450 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1303

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
580 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
559 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,479 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,452 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,745 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,693 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,010 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,386 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
230 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
732 entries

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