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

The Intel Core i5-2500K 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
793
Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
2605
PassMark CPU Mark Rating
4087
PassMark Single Thread Rating
1697
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
2857

Processor Specs

Processor
Intel Core i5-2500K
Frequency
3300 MHz
Maximum Frequency
3700 MHz
Cores
4
Threads
4
TDP
95 W
GPU
Intel HD Graphics 3000
Codename
Sandy Bridge
Package
LGA1155
Intel Core i5-2500K
Intel Core i5-2500K: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

Single-Core Score
778
Multi-Core Score
2705
Benchmark
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Operating System
macOS 11.5.1 (Build 20G80)
Model
iMac19,1
Model ID
iMac19,1
Motherboard
Apple Inc. Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 iMac19,1

CPU Specifications

Name
Intel Core i5-2500K
Topology
1 Processor, 4 Cores
Identifier
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
Base Frequency
3.31 GHz
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
16.00 GB
Type
RAM

Geekbench 5 result (single)

Single-Core Score778
Crypto Score850
Integer Score726
Floating Point Score 879
AES-XTS850
1.45 GB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)903
4.57 MB/sec
Image Compression759
35.9 Mpixels/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)829
2.34 MTE/sec
HTML5599
702.8 KElements/sec
SQLite676
211.7 Krows/sec
PDF Rendering720
39.1 Mpixels/sec
Text Rendering667
212.4 KB/sec
Clang670
5.22 Klines/sec
Camera753
8.73 images/sec
N-Body Physics801
1.00 Mpairs/sec
Rigid Body Physics984
6095.7 FPS
Gaussian Blur726
39.9 Mpixels/sec
Face Detection823
6.33 images/sec
Horizon Detection807
19.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1483
72.7 Mpixels/sec
HDR1437
19.6 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing955
766.9 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion596
5.34 Kpixels/sec
Speech Recognition873
27.9 Words/sec
Machine Learning602
23.3 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

Multi-Core Score2705
Crypto Score3013
Integer Score2528
Floating Point Score 3036
AES-XTS3013
5.14 GB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3007
15.2 MB/sec
Image Compression2881
136.3 Mpixels/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2138
6.03 MTE/sec
HTML52231
2.62 MElements/sec
SQLite2672
837.1 Krows/sec
PDF Rendering2582
140.1 Mpixels/sec
Text Rendering2122
676.0 KB/sec
Clang2565
20.0 Klines/sec
Camera2716
31.5 images/sec
N-Body Physics2747
3.44 Mpairs/sec
Rigid Body Physics3850
23849.8 FPS
Gaussian Blur3169
174.2 Mpixels/sec
Face Detection3232
24.9 images/sec
Horizon Detection2910
71.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting4417
216.7 Mpixels/sec
HDR5315
72.4 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing4049
3.25 Mpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2242
20.1 Kpixels/sec
Speech Recognition1995
63.8 Words/sec
Machine Learning1509
58.3 images/sec