Intel Core i5-2500k

Specifications Benchmarks Synonyms

Specifications

Technical data

Legacy catalog specifications; the original verification date is not recorded.

CPU generation and family

CPU group
Intel Core i 2000
Family
Intel Core i5
Generation
2
Name
Intel Core i5-2500k
Predecessor
—
Segment
Desktop / Server
Successor
—

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

A-Core
—
B-Core
—
Base Frequency
3.3 GHz
C-Core
—
Core architecture
normal
CPU Cores
4
CPU Threads
4
Hyperthreading / SMT
No
Overclocking
Yes
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
3.7 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
3.7 GHz

Internal Graphics

DirectX Version
10.1
Execution units
12
Generation
6
GPU Frequency
850 MHz
GPU name
Intel HD Graphics 3000
GPU Turbo
1100 MHz
Max. displays
2
Max. GPU Memory
—
Release date
Q1/2011
Shader
96
Technology
32 nm

Hardware codec support

AV1
No
H.264 / AVC
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
No
JPEG
No
VC-1
Decode
VP8
No
VP9
No

Memory & PCIe

ECC
No
Max. Memory
32 GB
Memory channels
2
Memory type
—
PCIe lanes
16
PCIe version
2.0

Encryption

AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

Maximum Operating Temperature
—
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
95 W
TDP (PL2)
—
TDP down
—
TDP up
—

Technical details

Architecture
Sandy Bridge S
Instruction set (ISA)
x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
L2-Cache
—
L3-Cache
6.00 MB
Part Number
—
Release date
Q1/2011
Socket
LGA 1155
Technology
32 nm
Virtualization
VT-x, VT-x EPT

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-2500k CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

314 place
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

292 place
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

454 place
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

388 place
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

637 place
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

573 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

613 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

658 place
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

1250 place
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

158 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

419 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

387 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

354 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

368 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

177 place
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

587 place

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks Intel Core i5-2500k with other processors to understand the real speed of the CPU when processing content.

Tests include mathematical calculations, creation of 3D models, cryptocurrency mining, tests in single and multi-core modes.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

697

Intel Core i5-2500k

731

Intel Core i5-3570

716

Intel Core i5-6200U

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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

2450

Intel Core i5-2500k

2545

Intel Core i5-4570S

2531

Intel Core i5-2500

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Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

262

Intel Core i5-2500k

264

Intel Xeon E5-2695 v3

263

Intel Core i7-2600K

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

894

Intel Core i5-2500k

916

Intel Core i3-6100

916

Intel Pentium Gold G5500

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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

127

Intel Core i5-2500k

128

Intel Core i5-4440

128

Intel Core i5-4670T

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

461

Intel Core i5-2500k

464

Intel Core i5-6500T

462

Intel Core i5-4440

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

812

Intel Core i5-2500k

816

Intel Xeon E5-2695 v3

814

AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

2679

Intel Core i5-2500k

2684

AMD Ryzen 7 3700U

2684

AMD Ryzen 7 3780U

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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

211 GFLOPS

Intel Core i5-2500k

213 GFLOPS

AMD A4-3300M

213 GFLOPS

AMD A4-3310MX

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Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is Open Source Software, creating predefined 3D scenes and measuring the time to execute them

Lower values are better; time in seconds.

778.7 s

Intel Core i5-2500k

740.7 s

Intel Core i5-7300HQ

741.6 s

Intel Core i7-2600K

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 SC for one CPU core, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

Higher values are better in this metric.

3158

Intel Core i5-2500k

3175

AMD Epyc 7281

3174

Intel Pentium Gold G5400T

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 MC using a multi-core and hyperthreading, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

Higher values are better in this metric.

9970

Intel Core i5-2500k

10114

Intel Core i5-4460

10070

Intel Core i5-6400

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in single-core mode, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

1.54

Intel Core i5-2500k

1.55

Intel Core i5-5287U

1.55

Intel Core i7-5750HQ

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in multi-core mode and hyperthreading, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

5.42

Intel Core i5-2500k

5.5

AMD Phenom II X6 1075T

5.5

AMD Ryzen 3 2300U

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

The iGPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

22.4

Intel Core i5-2500k

22.7

AMD A8-3500M

22.5

Intel Core i7-2600K

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

6405

Intel Core i5-2500k

6452

Intel Core i5-4430

6452

Intel Core i5-4460S

All the benchmark results

Synonyms

Nearby models in the composite benchmark index.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted. Index 0–100: equal-weight mean of each score relative to the best saved score among models with both tests. Tests: Cinebench R23 Multi-Core + Geekbench 5 Multi-Core. This index does not predict performance in every workload.