Intel Core i5-2500S Benchmark, Test and specs

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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.
Intel Core i5-2500S

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 (328)
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 i5-2500S 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): --

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
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 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

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Benchmark results

Verified 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.
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2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
740
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2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
740
Intel Core i5-3360M Intel Core i5-3360M
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
738
Intel Core i5-2500S Intel Core i5-2500S
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
737
Intel Core i5-2500 Intel Core i5-2500
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
737
Intel Xeon D-1540 Intel Xeon D-1540
8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz
736
Intel Celeron G4900T 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.
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8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
1975
Intel Core i3-8140U Intel Core i3-8140U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1974
Intel Core i5-2400S Intel Core i5-2400S
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1966
Intel Core i5-2500S Intel Core i5-2500S
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1965
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2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1965
Intel Pentium N6211 Intel Pentium N6211
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1955
Intel Pentium N6415 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 Intel Core i7-3615QM
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
637
Intel Core i7-3687U Intel Core i7-3687U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
635
Intel Core i7-975 Intel Core i7-975
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
635
Intel Core i5-2500S Intel Core i5-2500S
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
633
MediaTek Helio G90T MediaTek Helio G90T
8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz
633
Intel Core i7-2620M Intel Core i7-2620M
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
633
Intel Core i5-2500 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.
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2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1682
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2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1680
Intel Pentium Gold G6500T Intel Pentium Gold G6500T
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1680
Intel Core i5-2500S Intel Core i5-2500S
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1679
Intel Core i7-2630QM Intel Core i7-2630QM
4C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
1675
Intel Pentium G4600 Intel Pentium G4600
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1675
Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G 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.
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ARM Mali-T880 MP4 @ 0.78 GHz
106
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Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU) @ 0.40 GHz
106
Intel Atom x6414RE Intel Atom x6414RE
Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU) @ 0.40 GHz
106
Intel Core i5-2500S Intel Core i5-2500S
Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz
106
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Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz
106
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Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz
106
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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 AMD FX-9830P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
3399
Intel Core i7-975 Intel Core i7-975
4C 8T @ 3.33 GHz
3396
Intel Core i5-2300 Intel Core i5-2300
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
3380
Intel Core i5-2500S Intel Core i5-2500S
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
3371
Intel Core i3-7167U Intel Core i3-7167U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
3370
Intel Core i3-4150 Intel Core i3-4150
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
3369
Intel Core i3-4370T Intel Core i3-4370T
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
3360

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