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
Intel Core i5-2500
Intel Core i5-2500: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks

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 Score701
Crypto Score782
Integer Score669
Floating Point Score 758
AES-XTS782
1.33 GB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)828
4.19 MB/sec
Image Compression785
37.2 Mpixels/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)553
1.56 MTE/sec
HTML5684
803.4 KElements/sec
SQLite654
205.0 Krows/sec
PDF Rendering678
36.8 Mpixels/sec
Text Rendering554
176.4 KB/sec
Clang675
5.26 Klines/sec
Camera659
7.63 images/sec
N-Body Physics703
879.1 Kpairs/sec
Rigid Body Physics750
4646.9 FPS
Gaussian Blur708
38.9 Mpixels/sec
Face Detection753
5.80 images/sec
Horizon Detection702
17.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1219
59.8 Mpixels/sec
HDR1263
17.2 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing862
692.2 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion510
4.57 Kpixels/sec
Speech Recognition767
24.5 Words/sec
Machine Learning463
17.9 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

Multi-Core Score2025
Crypto Score1447
Integer Score2000
Floating Point Score 2177
AES-XTS1447
2.47 GB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)2408
12.2 MB/sec
Image Compression2743
129.8 Mpixels/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)923
2.60 MTE/sec
HTML52407
2.83 MElements/sec
SQLite2395
750.3 Krows/sec
PDF Rendering2124
115.3 Mpixels/sec
Text Rendering1331
423.9 KB/sec
Clang2483
19.3 Klines/sec
Camera2076
24.1 images/sec
N-Body Physics2159
2.70 Mpairs/sec
Rigid Body Physics2814
17433.4 FPS
Gaussian Blur2721
149.6 Mpixels/sec
Face Detection2778
21.4 images/sec
Horizon Detection2047
50.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting3049
149.6 Mpixels/sec
HDR3895
53.1 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3368
2.70 Mpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1768
15.8 Kpixels/sec
Speech Recognition1180
37.7 Words/sec
Machine Learning664
25.6 images/sec