Intel Core i5-2500S: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i5-2500S is a 4-core and 4-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 2700 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 644
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 1890
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 3427
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 1660
- 3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
- 2029
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-2500S
- Frequency
- 2700 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 3700 MHz
- Cores
- 4
- Threads
- 4
- TDP
- 65 W
- GPU
- Intel HD Graphics 2000
- Codename
- Sandy Bridge
- Package
- LGA1155

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 651
- Multi-Core Score
- 2128
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- macOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G14042)
- Model
- iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
- Model ID
- iMac12,2
- Motherboard
- Apple Inc. Mac-942B59F58194171B iMac12,2
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i5-2500S
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 4 Cores
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
- Base Frequency
- 2.70 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
- Transfer Rate
- 1333 MT/s
- Type
- DDR3
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 651 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 757 |
| Integer Score | 601 |
| Floating Point Score | 742 |
| AES-XTS | 757 1.29 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 705 3.57 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 645 30.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 664 1.87 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 485 569.3 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 566 177.2 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 593 32.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 564 179.6 KB/sec |
| Clang | 569 4.44 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 648 7.51 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 485 606.2 Kpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 763 4729.6 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 535 29.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 685 5.27 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 705 17.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1216 59.7 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 1293 17.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 897 720.7 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 551 4.93 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 862 27.6 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 590 22.8 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 2128 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 2573 |
| Integer Score | 1972 |
| Floating Point Score | 2393 |
| AES-XTS | 2573 4.39 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 2432 12.3 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 2301 108.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 1683 4.75 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 1675 1.97 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 2015 631.3 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 1904 103.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 1671 532.5 KB/sec |
| Clang | 2045 15.9 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 2182 25.3 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 2286 2.86 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 3019 18702.5 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 2481 136.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 2512 19.3 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 2314 57.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 3555 174.4 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 4128 56.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 3162 2.54 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 1736 15.5 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 1526 48.8 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 1207 46.6 images/sec |