Intel Core i5-5250U Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i5-5250U has 2 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 5. gen of the Intel Core i5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1168 socket and was released in Q1/2015. The Intel Core i5-5250U scores 671 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,378 points.
Intel Core i5-5250U

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i5-5250U. 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 i5-5250U.

Name: Intel Core i5-5250U
Family: Intel Core i5 (328)
CPU group: Intel Core i 5000U (16)
Architecture: Broadwell U
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 5
Predecessor: Intel Core i5-4250U
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-5250U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-5250U is 1.60 GHz (2.70 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 2 / 4
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 2x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 1.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 2.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): 2.50 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-5250U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i5-5250U uses the Intel HD Graphics 6000, which has 384 texture shaders and 48 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 6000
GPU frequency: 0.30 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.00 GHz
Compute units: 48
Shader: 384
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q1/2015
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 8
Direct X: 11.2
Technology: 14 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 8 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: Decode
VP9: No
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 16 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
LPDDR3-1866
DDR3-1600
25.6 GB/s
25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory: 16 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 2.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth: 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 15 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): 15 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: 9.5 W
Tjunction max.: 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-5250U is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 3.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 1168
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 3.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date: Q1/2015
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-5250U 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 i5-3470 Intel Core i5-3470
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
682
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
675
Intel Core i5-4210M Intel Core i5-4210M
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
666
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
658
Intel Core i5-4590T Intel Core i5-4590T
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
657
AMD A12-9800 AMD A12-9800
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
655
Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3
14C 28T @ 3.00 GHz
651

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 Celeron N5100 Intel Celeron N5100
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1598
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505
4C 4T @ 2.83 GHz
1587
Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron J4125
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1541
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1537
AMD Athlon II X4 645 AMD Athlon II X4 645
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1520
Intel Core M-5Y71 Intel Core M-5Y71
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1489
Intel Celeron J4105 Intel Celeron J4105
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1477

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.
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
672
Intel Core i3-3240 Intel Core i3-3240
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
672
Intel Core i3-3245 Intel Core i3-3245
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
672
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
671
Intel Pentium N6211 Intel Pentium N6211
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
671
Intel Pentium N6415 Intel Pentium N6415
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
671
AMD Ryzen 3 2200U AMD Ryzen 3 2200U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
671

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 Celeron N4100 Intel Celeron N4100
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1385
HiSilicon Kirin 710 HiSilicon Kirin 710
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1384
Intel Core i3-4100M Intel Core i3-4100M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1384
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1378
Intel Core i5-8200Y Intel Core i5-8200Y
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
1376
Intel Core i3-3225 Intel Core i3-3225
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1376
Intel Core i3-3220 Intel Core i3-3220
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1376

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.
Apple A10 Fusion Apple A10 Fusion
4C 4T @ 2.34 GHz
853
Intel Core m3-7Y30 Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
851
Intel Pentium Gold G6400 Intel Pentium Gold G6400
2C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
849
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
845
Samsung Exynos 1280 Samsung Exynos 1280
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
845
Intel Core i5-5200U Intel Core i5-5200U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
845
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
841

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 m5-6Y54 Intel Core m5-6Y54
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
1648
Intel Core i3-4100M Intel Core i3-4100M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1645
Intel Core i3-6100U Intel Core i3-6100U
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
1643
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1621
Intel Core i5-2400S Intel Core i5-2400S
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1618
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1588
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1588

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.
AMD A12-9700P AMD A12-9700P
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) @ 0.76 GHz
782
AMD A12-9720P AMD A12-9720P
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) @ 0.76 GHz
782
AMD FX-9800P AMD FX-9800P
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) @ 0.76 GHz
782
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
Intel HD Graphics 6000 @ 1.00 GHz
768
Intel Core i5-14600 Intel Core i5-14600
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.50 GHz
768
Intel Core i5-13600HX Intel Core i5-13600HX
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.50 GHz
768
Intel Core i5-13600K Intel Core i5-13600K
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.50 GHz
768

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 i3-4100M Intel Core i3-4100M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
2500
Intel Celeron G5905T Intel Celeron G5905T
2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz
2493
Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 Qualcomm Snapdragon 670
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
2491
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
2488
AMD A8-5545M AMD A8-5545M
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
2488
Intel Xeon E5450 Intel Xeon E5450
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2483
AMD 3020e AMD 3020e
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
2482

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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 Xeon E5-2658 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3
12C 24T @ 2.90 GHz
112
Intel Core i5-4310U Intel Core i5-4310U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
111
Intel Core i5-6442EQ Intel Core i5-6442EQ
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
111
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
110
Intel Celeron G3900T Intel Celeron G3900T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
110
Intel Core i5-5200U Intel Core i5-5200U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
110
Intel Core i3-3210 Intel Core i3-3210
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
110

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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 Pentium G4500 Intel Pentium G4500
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
266
AMD Athlon II X4 635 AMD Athlon II X4 635
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
265
Intel Pentium Silver N5030 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
265
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
264
Intel Core i5-5200U Intel Core i5-5200U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
264
Intel Core i3-2100 Intel Core i3-2100
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
263
Intel Celeron J4105 Intel Celeron J4105
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
263

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