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
Intel Core i5-2520M
Intel Core i5-2520M: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks

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 Score516
Crypto Score669
Integer Score490
Floating Point Score 548
AES-XTS669
1.14 GB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)642
3.25 MB/sec
Image Compression606
28.7 Mpixels/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)385
1.09 MTE/sec
HTML5492
577.6 KElements/sec
SQLite508
159.2 Krows/sec
PDF Rendering530
28.8 Mpixels/sec
Text Rendering447
142.5 KB/sec
Clang386
3.01 Klines/sec
Camera473
5.48 images/sec
N-Body Physics378
473.1 Kpairs/sec
Rigid Body Physics587
3635.1 FPS
Gaussian Blur432
23.8 Mpixels/sec
Face Detection563
4.34 images/sec
Horizon Detection562
13.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting823
40.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR946
12.9 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing591
474.4 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion410
3.68 Kpixels/sec
Speech Recognition539
17.2 Words/sec
Machine Learning436
16.8 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

Multi-Core Score1239
Crypto Score1377
Integer Score1228
Floating Point Score 1241
AES-XTS1377
2.35 GB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)1536
7.77 MB/sec
Image Compression1507
71.3 Mpixels/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)961
2.71 MTE/sec
HTML51185
1.39 MElements/sec
SQLite1298
406.8 Krows/sec
PDF Rendering1348
73.1 Mpixels/sec
Text Rendering1052
335.1 KB/sec
Clang1227
9.56 Klines/sec
Camera1063
12.3 images/sec
N-Body Physics1131
1.41 Mpairs/sec
Rigid Body Physics1633
10118.0 FPS
Gaussian Blur1083
59.5 Mpixels/sec
Face Detection1327
10.2 images/sec
Horizon Detection1410
34.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1850
90.7 Mpixels/sec
HDR2361
32.2 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1556
1.25 Mpixels/sec
Structure from Motion972
8.71 Kpixels/sec
Speech Recognition884
28.3 Words/sec
Machine Learning494
19.1 images/sec