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Core i5-2500


Performance
86.86k points

Description
We need your help: we don't have results in all modes. If you have a i5-2500 and want to help us to complete the stats, you just have to run the benchmark at stock frequency (no oc) in modes FPU, SSE, and validate the results. You don't have to register and the whole process will take less than 3 minutes per mode.

The Core i5-2500 is a cpu manufactured by Intel that was released on January 2011. This model has 4 Sandy Bridge cores , runs at 3300 MHz as base frequency and has a a thermal design power of 95 W.

"Sandy Bridge codename was originally ""Gesher"". The development began in 2005 and four years later, the first Sandy Bridge CPU was presented. The most prominent features are Intel Turbo Boost 2.0, AES encryption and SHA-1 hashing acceleration, Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) 256-bit instruction set and the ability to have up to 8 physical cores or 16 logical cores through Hyper-Threading."

Specs
Official name
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500 CPU @ 3.30GHz
CPUID
206a7
Core
Sandy Bridge
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.3 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.7 GHz
Socket
LGA 1155
Cores/Threads
4/4
TDP
95 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+x4x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
Release date
January 2011
Mean monothread perf.
27.61k points
Mean multithread perf.
86.86k points

AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
Multithread
Test#1 (Integers)
9.92k
35.79k (x3.6)
Test#2 (FP)
8.8k
31.77k (x3.6)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.27k
15.5k (x3.6)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.62k
3.8k (x0.8)
TOTAL
27.61k
86.86k (x3.1)

Motherboards where this CPU was tested
Model
Chipset
Release date
Intel Z77
N/A
Intel H61 Express
N/A
Intel Z77
N/A
Intel P67
N/A
Intel Z77
N/A
Intel P67
N/A
Intel Z68
N/A
Intel Z68
N/A

RAM models tested along with this CPU
Model
Type
Frequency
Size
DDR3
1333 MHz
8 GB
DDR3
1333 MHz
4 GB
DDR3
2133 MHz
2 GB
DDR3
1333 MHz
4 GB
DDR4
1333 MHz
8 GB
DDR3
1600 MHz
8 GB
DDR3
1600 MHz
4 GB

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [% vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [% vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [% vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [% vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [% vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [% vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [% vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [% vs time]

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AVX mode comparison

Monothread integers operations
Model
Score
10.24k [3.23%]
Intel Core i5-2500
9.92k
This model
9.85k [-0.70%]
9.85k [-0.77%]
9.63k [-2.92%]
9.53k [-3.99%]

Multithread integers operations
Model
Score
41.77k [16.71%]
40.44k [12.98%]
36.79k [2.79%]
Intel Core i5-2500
35.79k
This model
35.73k [-0.18%]
35.72k [-0.20%]
34.74k [-2.95%]
34.13k [-4.64%]
32.45k [-9.34%]

Monothread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-2500
8.8k
This model
8.41k [-4.44%]
8.33k [-5.30%]

Multithread floating point operations
Model
Score
36.27k [14.18%]
34.96k [10.05%]
Intel Core i5-2500
31.77k
This model
31.08k [-2.15%]
31.07k [-2.20%]
30.44k [-4.17%]
29.95k [-5.71%]
29.25k [-7.93%]

Monothread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-2500
4.27k
This model
4.21k [-1.31%]
4.19k [-1.88%]
4.15k [-2.77%]

Multithread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
16.79k [8.33%]
16.61k [7.15%]
Intel Core i5-2500
15.5k
This model
15.18k [-2.12%]
14.86k [-4.14%]
14.64k [-5.57%]
14.6k [-5.86%]
14.48k [-6.60%]

Monothread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-2500
4.62k
This model
4.59k [-0.70%]
4.58k [-0.93%]
4.35k [-5.88%]

Multithread memory performance
Model
Score
3.86k [1.62%]
3.81k [0.41%]
Intel Core i5-2500
3.8k
This model
3.75k [-1.27%]
3.73k [-1.77%]
3.71k [-2.34%]

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