Intel Core i5-2500S vs Intel Core i7-2635QM

What is the difference between Intel Core i5-2500S and Intel Core i7-2635QM. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

644Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score470
1890Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1802
3427PassMark CPU Mark Rating3370
1660PassMark Single Thread Rating1198
20293DMark Time Spy Physics Score

Processor Specs

Intel Core i5-2500SProcessorIntel Core i7-2635QM
2700 MHzFrequency2000 MHz
3700 MHzMaximum Frequency2900 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads8
65 WTDP45 W
Intel HD Graphics 2000GPUIntel HD Graphics 3000
Sandy BridgeCodenameSandy Bridge
LGA1155PackageFCBGA1224

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

651Single-Core Score478
2128Multi-Core Score2240
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

macOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G14042)Operating SystemmacOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G66)
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)ModelMacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011)
iMac12,2Model IDMacBookPro8,2
Apple Inc. Mac-942B59F58194171B iMac12,2MotherboardApple Inc. Mac-94245A3940C91C80 MacBookPro8,2

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i5-2500SNameIntel Core i7-2635QM
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
2.70 GHzBase Frequency2.00 GHz
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 Cache6.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize8.00 GB
1333 MT/sTransfer Rate1333 MT/s
DDR3TypeDDR3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

651Single-Core Score478
757Crypto Score522
601Integer Score427
742Floating Point Score 580
757
1.29 GB/sec
AES-XTS522
910.6 MB/sec
705
3.57 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)530
2.68 MB/sec
645
30.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression441
20.9 Mpixels/sec
664
1.87 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)509
1.44 MTE/sec
485
569.3 KElements/sec
HTML5337
395.1 KElements/sec
566
177.2 Krows/sec
SQLite383
120.1 Krows/sec
593
32.2 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering423
23.0 Mpixels/sec
564
179.6 KB/sec
Text Rendering411
130.8 KB/sec
569
4.44 Klines/sec
Clang401
3.12 Klines/sec
648
7.51 images/sec
Camera438
5.08 images/sec
485
606.2 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics453
566.4 Kpairs/sec
763
4729.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics555
3440.3 FPS
535
29.4 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur421
23.1 Mpixels/sec
685
5.27 images/sec
Face Detection475
3.65 images/sec
705
17.4 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection472
11.6 Mpixels/sec
1216
59.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting980
48.1 Mpixels/sec
1293
17.6 Mpixels/sec
HDR1086
14.8 Mpixels/sec
897
720.7 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing736
591.2 Kpixels/sec
551
4.93 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion455
4.08 Kpixels/sec
862
27.6 Words/sec
Speech Recognition665
21.3 Words/sec
590
22.8 images/sec
Machine Learning444
17.1 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2128Multi-Core Score2240
2573Crypto Score2636
1972Integer Score2101
2393Floating Point Score 2475
2573
4.39 GB/sec
AES-XTS2636
4.49 GB/sec
2432
12.3 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3104
15.7 MB/sec
2301
108.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression2521
119.3 Mpixels/sec
1683
4.75 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2010
5.67 MTE/sec
1675
1.97 MElements/sec
HTML51698
1.99 MElements/sec
2015
631.3 Krows/sec
SQLite2111
661.4 Krows/sec
1904
103.3 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering1862
101.1 Mpixels/sec
1671
532.5 KB/sec
Text Rendering1787
569.3 KB/sec
2045
15.9 Klines/sec
Clang2119
16.5 Klines/sec
2182
25.3 images/sec
Camera2010
23.3 images/sec
2286
2.86 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2382
2.98 Mpairs/sec
3019
18702.5 FPS
Rigid Body Physics3513
21764.8 FPS
2481
136.4 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2057
113.1 Mpixels/sec
2512
19.3 images/sec
Face Detection2590
19.9 images/sec
2314
57.0 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2578
63.5 Mpixels/sec
3555
174.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting3735
183.2 Mpixels/sec
4128
56.3 Mpixels/sec
HDR4409
60.1 Mpixels/sec
3162
2.54 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3260
2.62 Mpixels/sec
1736
15.5 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1665
14.9 Kpixels/sec
1526
48.8 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1961
62.7 Words/sec
1207
46.6 images/sec
Machine Learning1059
40.9 images/sec