Intel Core i5-2500S Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-12

The Intel Core i5-2500S 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 i5-2500S scores 737 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,965 points.

CPU lineage
The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i5-2500S. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i5-2500S.
Name:	Intel Core i5-2500S
Family:	Intel Core i5
CPU group:	Intel Core i 2000
Architecture:	Sandy Bridge S
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	2
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-2500S has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-2500S is 2.70 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:	2.70 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 i5-2500S has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i5-2500S 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
Max. GPU Memory:	2 GB

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

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 65 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):	65 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-2500S 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 i5-2500S
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz (3.70 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-2500S 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.

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 i5-2500S 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	737
	Intel Core i5-2500 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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G 8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	1975
	Intel Core i3-8140U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1974
	Intel Core i5-2400S 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1966
	Intel Core i5-2500S 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	1965
	Intel Core i3-6098P 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1965
	Intel Pentium N6211 4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	1955
	Intel Pentium N6415 4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	1955

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 i5-2500S 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 i5-2500 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 i5-7Y54 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1682
	Intel Pentium Gold G6405T 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1680
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500T 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1680
	Intel Core i5-2500S 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	1679
	Intel Core i7-2630QM 4C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	1675
	Intel Pentium G4600 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1675
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	1671

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 i5-2500S 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.


	AMD FX-9830P 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	3399
	Intel Core i7-975 4C 8T @ 3.33 GHz	3396
	Intel Core i5-2300 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	3380
	Intel Core i5-2500S 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	3371
	Intel Core i3-7167U 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	3370
	Intel Core i3-4150 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	3369
	Intel Core i3-4370T 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	3360

Benchmarks

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

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