Intel Core i5-2500: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i5-2500 is a 4-core and 4-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 3300 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 700
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 2222
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 4079
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 1704
- 3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
- 2393
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-2500
- Frequency
- 3300 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 3700 MHz
- Cores
- 4
- Threads
- 4
- TDP
- 95 W
- GPU
- Intel HD Graphics 2000
- Codename
- Sandy Bridge
- Package
- LGA1155

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 701
- Multi-Core Score
- 2025
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.1.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)
- Model
- Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To be filled by O.E.M.
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H61MS
- Power Plan
- Balanced
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i5-2500
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 4 Cores
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
- Base Frequency
- 3.29 GHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 3.69 GHz
- Package
- Socket 1155 LGA
- Codename
- Sandy Bridge
- L1 Instruction Cache
- 32.0 KB x 2
- L1 Data Cache
- 32.0 KB x 2
- L2 Cache
- 256 KB x 2
- L3 Cache
- 6.00 MB x 1
Memory Information
- Size
- 4.00 GB
- Frequency
- 665 MHz
- Type
- DDR3 SDRAM
- Channels
- 1
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 701 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 782 |
| Integer Score | 669 |
| Floating Point Score | 758 |
| AES-XTS | 782 1.33 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 828 4.19 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 785 37.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 553 1.56 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 684 803.4 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 654 205.0 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 678 36.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 554 176.4 KB/sec |
| Clang | 675 5.26 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 659 7.63 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 703 879.1 Kpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 750 4646.9 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 708 38.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 753 5.80 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 702 17.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1219 59.8 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 1263 17.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 862 692.2 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 510 4.57 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 767 24.5 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 463 17.9 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1447 |
| Integer Score | 2000 |
| Floating Point Score | 2177 |
| AES-XTS | 1447 2.47 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 2408 12.2 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 2743 129.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 923 2.60 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 2407 2.83 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 2395 750.3 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 2124 115.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 1331 423.9 KB/sec |
| Clang | 2483 19.3 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 2076 24.1 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 2159 2.70 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 2814 17433.4 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 2721 149.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 2778 21.4 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 2047 50.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 3049 149.6 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 3895 53.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 3368 2.70 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 1768 15.8 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 1180 37.7 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 664 25.6 images/sec |