Intel Core i5-2400 vs Intel Core i7-950

What is the difference between Intel Core i5-2400 and Intel Core i7-950. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

658Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score530
2128Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2101
3818PassMark CPU Mark Rating3106
1578PassMark Single Thread Rating1391
22713DMark Time Spy Physics Score2532

Processor Specs

Intel Core i5-2400ProcessorIntel Core i7-950
3100 MHzFrequency3070 MHz
Maximum Frequency3330 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads8
95 WTDP130 W
Intel HD Graphics 2000GPU
Sandy BridgeCodenameBloomfield
LGA1155PackageFCLGA1366

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

656Single-Core Score529
2078Multi-Core Score1984
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

macOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G14042)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
iMac12,1ModelMSI MS-7522
iMac12,1Model ID
Apple Inc. Mac-942B5BF58194151B iMac12,1MotherboardMSI MSI X58 Pro-E SLI (MS-7522)
Power PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i5-2400NameIntel Core i7-950
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5
3.19 GHzBase Frequency3.08 GHz
Maximum Frequency3341 MHz
PackageSocket 1366 LGA
CodenameBloomfield
32.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
32.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
256 KB x 2L2 Cache256 KB x 4
6.00 MB x 1L3 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize16.00 GB
Frequency534 MHz
1600 MT/sTransfer Rate
DDR3TypeDDR3 SDRAM
Channels3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

656Single-Core Score529
752Crypto Score59
605Integer Score550
750Floating Point Score 561
752
1.28 GB/sec
AES-XTS59
103.2 MB/sec
771
3.90 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)696
3.52 MB/sec
623
29.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression632
29.9 Mpixels/sec
680
1.92 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)567
1.60 MTE/sec
439
515.7 KElements/sec
HTML5533
626.2 KElements/sec
573
179.4 Krows/sec
SQLite513
160.8 Krows/sec
614
33.3 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering544
29.5 Mpixels/sec
582
185.5 KB/sec
Text Rendering489
155.8 KB/sec
576
4.49 Klines/sec
Clang532
4.14 Klines/sec
646
7.49 images/sec
Camera477
5.52 images/sec
634
792.8 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics485
607.2 Kpairs/sec
858
5318.0 FPS
Rigid Body Physics580
3591.1 FPS
647
35.6 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur489
26.9 Mpixels/sec
686
5.28 images/sec
Face Detection579
4.46 images/sec
705
17.4 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection586
14.4 Mpixels/sec
1240
60.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting956
46.9 Mpixels/sec
1229
16.7 Mpixels/sec
HDR947
12.9 Mpixels/sec
835
670.3 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing591
474.4 Kpixels/sec
514
4.60 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion393
3.52 Kpixels/sec
716
22.9 Words/sec
Speech Recognition661
21.1 Words/sec
531
20.5 images/sec
Machine Learning267
10.3 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2078Multi-Core Score1984
2512Crypto Score259
1907Integer Score2086
2376Floating Point Score 2052
2512
4.28 GB/sec
AES-XTS259
451.5 MB/sec
2363
12.0 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3209
16.2 MB/sec
2344
110.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression2838
134.2 Mpixels/sec
1764
4.97 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1752
4.94 MTE/sec
1504
1.77 MElements/sec
HTML52220
2.61 MElements/sec
1832
574.1 Krows/sec
SQLite1838
575.9 Krows/sec
1901
103.2 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2414
131.0 Mpixels/sec
1734
552.3 KB/sec
Text Rendering1624
517.3 KB/sec
1887
14.7 Klines/sec
Clang1906
14.9 Klines/sec
1989
23.1 images/sec
Camera1537
17.8 images/sec
1840
2.30 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1632
2.04 Mpairs/sec
2936
18190.0 FPS
Rigid Body Physics2412
14941.5 FPS
2515
138.3 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur1606
88.3 Mpixels/sec
2300
17.7 images/sec
Face Detection2190
16.9 images/sec
2372
58.5 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2553
62.9 Mpixels/sec
3432
168.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting3100
152.1 Mpixels/sec
4473
61.0 Mpixels/sec
HDR4181
57.0 Mpixels/sec
3166
2.54 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing2700
2.17 Mpixels/sec
1664
14.9 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1685
15.1 Kpixels/sec
1571
50.2 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1800
57.5 Words/sec
1448
55.9 images/sec
Machine Learning725
28.0 images/sec