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Intel · 2011

Intel Core i5-2500S CPU

The Intel Core i5-2500S is a 65 W Sandy Bridge quad-core processor for LGA1155 sockets, released in 2011.

The Intel Core i5-2500S is a 64-bit quad-core processor based on the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture, manufactured on a 32 nm process. It features 4 cores and 4 threads with a base clock of 2.7 GHz and a boost clock of 3.7 GHz. The processor includes 6 MB of L3 cache and supports DDR3 memory at 1066/1333 MHz across two channels, but does not support ECC memory. It has an integrated Intel HD Graphics 2000 GPU and 16 PCIe 2.0 lanes. The CPU has a TDP of 65 W and uses the LGA1155 socket. It supports instruction sets including SSE4.1, SSE4.2, and AVX, but the multiplier is locked. The i5-2500S was released in January 2011 and discontinued in January 2013.

Benchmarks

Blender Open Data score27.15 samples/min
Nero Score AI242 images/min
Nero Score AVC encode652 fps

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Specifications

Microarchitecture unverified Sandy Bridge
Cores4
Threads4
Base clock2.7 GHz
Boost clock3.7 GHz
L3 cache6 MB
Process node32 nm
TDP / base power65 W
SocketLGA1155
Memory supportDDR3 1066/1333
Memory channels2
ECC memory supportNo
Integrated graphicsIntel HD Graphics 2000
PCIe lanes (CPU)16
PCIe version2.0
Instruction sets64-bit, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Unlocked multiplierNo
Release date2011-01
Release year2011
Discontinued2013-01