Intel Core i5-2500 vs Intel Core i7-2820QM

What is the difference between Intel Core i5-2500 and Intel Core i7-2820QM. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

700Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score601
2222Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2169
4079PassMark CPU Mark Rating4325
1704PassMark Single Thread Rating1517
23933DMark Time Spy Physics Score2504

Processor Specs

Intel Core i5-2500ProcessorIntel Core i7-2820QM
3300 MHzFrequency2300 MHz
3700 MHzMaximum Frequency3400 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads8
95 WTDP45 W
Intel HD Graphics 2000GPUIntel HD Graphics 3000
Sandy BridgeCodenameSandy Bridge
LGA1155PackageFCPGA988

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

701Single-Core Score579
2025Multi-Core Score1532
Geekbench 5.1.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)Operating SystemManjaro Linux
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To be filled by O.E.M.ModelLENOVO 4242EG2
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H61MSMotherboardLENOVO 4242EG2
BalancedPower Plan

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i5-2500NameIntel Core i7-2820QM
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
3.29 GHzBase Frequency3.40 GHz
3.69 GHzMaximum Frequency
Socket 1155 LGAPackage
Sandy BridgeCodename
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

4.00 GBSize11.58 GB
665 MHzFrequency
DDR3 SDRAMType
1Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

701Single-Core Score579
782Crypto Score768
669Integer Score530
758Floating Point Score 654
782
1.33 GB/sec
AES-XTS768
1.31 GB/sec
828
4.19 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)828
4.19 MB/sec
785
37.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression691
32.7 Mpixels/sec
553
1.56 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)616
1.74 MTE/sec
684
803.4 KElements/sec
HTML5370
434.2 KElements/sec
654
205.0 Krows/sec
SQLite439
137.5 Krows/sec
678
36.8 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering673
36.5 Mpixels/sec
554
176.4 KB/sec
Text Rendering276
88.0 KB/sec
675
5.26 Klines/sec
Clang659
5.13 Klines/sec
659
7.63 images/sec
Camera469
5.44 images/sec
703
879.1 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics791
989.1 Kpairs/sec
750
4646.9 FPS
Rigid Body Physics675
4183.9 FPS
708
38.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur619
34.0 Mpixels/sec
753
5.80 images/sec
Face Detection579
4.46 images/sec
702
17.3 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection700
17.3 Mpixels/sec
1219
59.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1115
54.7 Mpixels/sec
1263
17.2 Mpixels/sec
HDR1293
17.6 Mpixels/sec
862
692.2 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing896
719.7 Kpixels/sec
510
4.57 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion483
4.33 Kpixels/sec
767
24.5 Words/sec
Speech Recognition753
24.1 Words/sec
463
17.9 images/sec
Machine Learning149
5.77 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2025Multi-Core Score1532
1447Crypto Score1467
2000Integer Score1506
2177Floating Point Score 1600
1447
2.47 GB/sec
AES-XTS1467
2.50 GB/sec
2408
12.2 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)2606
13.2 MB/sec
2743
129.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression2075
98.2 Mpixels/sec
923
2.60 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1193
3.37 MTE/sec
2407
2.83 MElements/sec
HTML51636
1.92 MElements/sec
2395
750.3 Krows/sec
SQLite1924
602.9 Krows/sec
2124
115.3 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering1858
100.8 Mpixels/sec
1331
423.9 KB/sec
Text Rendering853
271.7 KB/sec
2483
19.3 Klines/sec
Clang742
5.78 Klines/sec
2076
24.1 images/sec
Camera1672
19.4 images/sec
2159
2.70 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics796
995.6 Kpairs/sec
2814
17433.4 FPS
Rigid Body Physics1073
6647.3 FPS
2721
149.6 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur705
38.8 Mpixels/sec
2778
21.4 images/sec
Face Detection2404
18.5 images/sec
2047
50.5 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2214
54.6 Mpixels/sec
3049
149.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting3089
151.5 Mpixels/sec
3895
53.1 Mpixels/sec
HDR3541
48.3 Mpixels/sec
3368
2.70 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing2868
2.30 Mpixels/sec
1768
15.8 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1358
12.2 Kpixels/sec
1180
37.7 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1618
51.7 Words/sec
664
25.6 images/sec
Machine Learning799
30.9 images/sec