Intel Core i5-2520M: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i5-2520M is a 2-core and 4-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 2500 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 533
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 1170
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 2233
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 1369
- 3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
- 1296
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-2520M
- Frequency
- 2500 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 3200 MHz
- Cores
- 2
- Threads
- 4
- TDP
- 35 W
- GPU
- Intel HD Graphics 3000
- Codename
- Sandy Bridge
- Package
- PPGA988

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 516
- Multi-Core Score
- 1239
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
- Model
- Dell Inc. Latitude E6420
- Motherboard
- Dell Inc. 0K0DNP
- Power Plan
- Balanced
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i5-2520M
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
- Base Frequency
- 2.46 GHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 3153 MHz
- Package
- Socket 988B rPGA
- 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
- 3.00 MB x 1
Memory Information
- Size
- 4.00 GB
- Frequency
- 656 MHz
- Type
- DDR3 SDRAM
- Channels
- 1
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 516 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 669 |
| Integer Score | 490 |
| Floating Point Score | 548 |
| AES-XTS | 669 1.14 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 642 3.25 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 606 28.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 385 1.09 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 492 577.6 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 508 159.2 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 530 28.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 447 142.5 KB/sec |
| Clang | 386 3.01 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 473 5.48 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 378 473.1 Kpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 587 3635.1 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 432 23.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 563 4.34 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 562 13.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 823 40.4 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 946 12.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 591 474.4 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 410 3.68 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 539 17.2 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 436 16.8 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 1239 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1377 |
| Integer Score | 1228 |
| Floating Point Score | 1241 |
| AES-XTS | 1377 2.35 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 1536 7.77 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 1507 71.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 961 2.71 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 1185 1.39 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 1298 406.8 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 1348 73.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 1052 335.1 KB/sec |
| Clang | 1227 9.56 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 1063 12.3 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 1131 1.41 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 1633 10118.0 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 1083 59.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 1327 10.2 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 1410 34.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1850 90.7 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 2361 32.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 1556 1.25 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 972 8.71 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 884 28.3 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 494 19.1 images/sec |