Intel Core i5-5257U vs Intel Core i5-2500

Intel Core i5-5257U
MOBILE
2700 MHz / Cores: 2 / unknown
Intel Core i5-5257U
Intel Core i5-2500
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
Intel Core i5-2500

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-5257U
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-2500
    122%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-5257U
    101%
  • Intel Core i5-2500
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-5257U
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-2500
    146%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-5257U

67 watts lower power draw.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-2500

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 46% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Core i5-2500

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2500

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-5257UIntel Core i5-2500
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
EIST
64-bit
XD bit
VT-x
Smart Cache
ADX
RDSEED
PREFETCHW
HTT
AVX
Intel 64
TXT
VT-d
AES-NI

Architecture

Intel Core i5-5257UIntel Core i5-2500
ArchitectureIntel_BroadwellvsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameBroadwell-UvsSandy Bridge
Release DateunknownvsJan 2011

Cores

Intel Core i5-5257UIntel Core i5-2500
Cores2vs4
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel Iris 6100vsIntel HD 2000

Cache

Intel Core i5-5257UIntel Core i5-2500
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-5257UIntel Core i5-2500
SocketvsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp105°Cvsunknown
PackagevsFC-LGA10
Die Sizeunknownvs216mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-5257UIntel Core i5-2500
Cpu Frequency2700 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clock3100 MHzvs3700 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP28 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-5257U
    3472 points
  • Intel Core i5-2500
    3700 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-5257U
    6048 points
  • Intel Core i5-2500
    13200 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-5257U
    6049
  • Intel Core i5-2500
    8723

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-5257U
    2871
  • Intel Core i5-2500
    2809

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-5257U
    124
  • Intel Core i5-2500 (simulated)
    122

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-5257U
    316
  • Intel Core i5-2500 (simulated)
    470

points - higher is better