Intel Core i5-2557M: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i5-2557M is a 2-core and 4-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 1700 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 410
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 913
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 1725
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 1007
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-2557M
- Frequency
- 1700 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 2700 MHz
- Cores
- 2
- Threads
- 4
- TDP
- 17 W
- GPU
- Intel HD Graphics 3000
- Codename
- Sandy Bridge
- Package
- FCBGA1023

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 409
- Multi-Core Score
- 961
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- macOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G14042)
- Model
- MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2011)
- Model ID
- MacBookAir4,2
- Motherboard
- Apple Inc. Mac-742912EFDBEE19B3 MacBookAir4,2
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i5-2557M
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
- Base Frequency
- 1.70 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
- 3.00 MB x 1
Memory Information
- Size
- 4.00 GB
- Transfer Rate
- 1333 MT/s
- Type
- DDR3
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 409 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 481 |
| Integer Score | 393 |
| Floating Point Score | 432 |
| AES-XTS | 481 838.8 MB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 409 2.07 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 443 20.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 485 1.37 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 344 404.4 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 399 125.0 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 417 22.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 333 106.1 KB/sec |
| Clang | 363 2.83 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 365 4.23 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 232 290.7 Kpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 498 3087.5 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 296 16.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 426 3.28 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 433 10.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 713 35.0 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 766 10.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 518 415.8 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 324 2.90 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 433 13.8 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 388 15.0 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 961 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1164 |
| Integer Score | 927 |
| Floating Point Score | 1000 |
| AES-XTS | 1164 1.98 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 1254 6.34 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 911 43.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 1207 3.40 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 741 869.8 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 884 276.9 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 837 45.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 936 298.3 KB/sec |
| Clang | 872 6.80 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 821 9.52 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 843 1.06 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 1520 9415.1 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 865 47.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 1120 8.62 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 731 18.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1205 59.1 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 1749 23.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 1453 1.17 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 672 6.02 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 913 29.2 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 589 22.8 images/sec |