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

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 Score651
Crypto Score757
Integer Score601
Floating Point Score 742
AES-XTS757
1.29 GB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)705
3.57 MB/sec
Image Compression645
30.5 Mpixels/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)664
1.87 MTE/sec
HTML5485
569.3 KElements/sec
SQLite566
177.2 Krows/sec
PDF Rendering593
32.2 Mpixels/sec
Text Rendering564
179.6 KB/sec
Clang569
4.44 Klines/sec
Camera648
7.51 images/sec
N-Body Physics485
606.2 Kpairs/sec
Rigid Body Physics763
4729.6 FPS
Gaussian Blur535
29.4 Mpixels/sec
Face Detection685
5.27 images/sec
Horizon Detection705
17.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1216
59.7 Mpixels/sec
HDR1293
17.6 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing897
720.7 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion551
4.93 Kpixels/sec
Speech Recognition862
27.6 Words/sec
Machine Learning590
22.8 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

Multi-Core Score2128
Crypto Score2573
Integer Score1972
Floating Point Score 2393
AES-XTS2573
4.39 GB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)2432
12.3 MB/sec
Image Compression2301
108.9 Mpixels/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1683
4.75 MTE/sec
HTML51675
1.97 MElements/sec
SQLite2015
631.3 Krows/sec
PDF Rendering1904
103.3 Mpixels/sec
Text Rendering1671
532.5 KB/sec
Clang2045
15.9 Klines/sec
Camera2182
25.3 images/sec
N-Body Physics2286
2.86 Mpairs/sec
Rigid Body Physics3019
18702.5 FPS
Gaussian Blur2481
136.4 Mpixels/sec
Face Detection2512
19.3 images/sec
Horizon Detection2314
57.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting3555
174.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR4128
56.3 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3162
2.54 Mpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1736
15.5 Kpixels/sec
Speech Recognition1526
48.8 Words/sec
Machine Learning1207
46.6 images/sec