CPU family and group
General information about the processor Intel Core i5-2500k
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Segment
Desktop / Server
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Family
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Generation
2
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CPU group
Intel Core i 2000
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Predecessor
--
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Successor
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CPU Technical specs
Intel Core i5-2500k Processor performance parameters, CPU capabilities
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Frequency
3.30 GHz
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CPU Cores
4
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Turbo (1 Core)
3.70 GHz
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CPU Threads
4
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Turbo (4 Cores)
3.70 GHz
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Hyperthreading
No
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Overclocking
Yes
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Core architecture
normal
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A core
--
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B core
--
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C core
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IGPU
Built-in graphics chip characteristics
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GPU name
Intel HD Graphics 3000
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GPU frequency
0.85 GHz
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GPU (Turbo)
1.10 GHz
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Execution units
12
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Shader
96
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Max. GPU Memory
--
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Max. displays
2
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Generation
6
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DirectX Version
10.1
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Technology
32 nm
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Release date
Q1/2011
Hardware codec support
Built-in support for video and image compression standards
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h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
No
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h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
No
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h264
Decode / Encode
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VP9
No
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VP8
No
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AV1
No
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AVC
Decode / Encode
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VC-1
Decode
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JPEG
No
Memory specs & PCI
Technical characteristics of supported memory, PCI bus
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Memory type
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Max. Memory
32 GB
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ECC
No
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Memory channels
2
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PCIe version
2.0
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PCIe lanes
16
Encryption
Hardware security technology
Thermal Management
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TDP (PL1)
95 W
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TDP up
--
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TDP (PL2)
--
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TDP down
--
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Tjunction max.
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* see below
Technologies and extensions
Technical capabilities of the processor, information
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Instruction set (ISA)
x86-64 (64 bit)
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Virtualization
VT-x, VT-x EPT
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ISA extensions
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
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L2-Cache
--
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L3-Cache
6.00 MB
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Architecture
Sandy Bridge S
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Technology
32 nm
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Socket
LGA 1155
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Release date
Q1/2011
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Part Number
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Positions in all rankings
Common positions Intel Core i5-2500k CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.
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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
364 place
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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
327 place
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Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
488 place
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Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
415 place
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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
664 place
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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
584 place
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
740 place
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
848 place
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
1300 place
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Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
25 place
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
420 place
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
393 place
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
527 place
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
349 place
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
177 place
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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
743 place