Benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-2500K can be found below. The data on this chart is gathered from user-submitted Geekbench 6 results from the Geekbench Browser.

Geekbench 6 scores are calibrated against a baseline score of 2500 (which is the score of an Intel Core i7-12700). Higher scores are better, with double the score indicating double the performance.


CPU Benchmark Scores

647
Single-Core Score
1921
Multi-Core Score

Processor Information

Processor Intel Core i5-2500K
Frequency 3300 MHz
Maximum Frequency 3700 MHz
Cores 4
Threads 4
TDP 95 W
GPU Intel HD Graphics 3000
Codename Sandy Bridge
Package LGA1155

Sandy Bridge Benchmarks

Processor Score
Intel Core i5-2550K
3.4 GHz (4 cores)
695
 
Intel Core i7-2600K
3.4 GHz (4 cores)
666
 
Intel Core i7-2700K
3.5 GHz (4 cores)
663
 
Intel Core i5-2500K
3.3 GHz (4 cores)
647
 
Intel Xeon E3-1290
3.6 GHz (4 cores)
627
 
Intel Xeon E3-1270
3.4 GHz (4 cores)
615
 
Intel Core i7-2600
3.4 GHz (4 cores)
612
 
Intel Xeon E3-1245
3.3 GHz (4 cores)
590
 
Intel Core i5-2500
3.3 GHz (4 cores)
588
 
Intel Xeon E3-1230
3.2 GHz (4 cores)
588
 
Intel Xeon E3-1235
3.2 GHz (4 cores)
588
 
Intel Core i5-2500S
2.7 GHz (4 cores)
583
 
Intel Core i7-2600S
2.8 GHz (4 cores)
578
 
Intel Xeon E3-1225
3.1 GHz (4 cores)
569
 
Intel Xeon E3-1240
3.3 GHz (4 cores)
569
 
Intel Core i7-2860QM
2.5 GHz (4 cores)
563
 
Intel Core i5-2380P
3.1 GHz (4 cores)
562
 
Intel Xeon E3-1220L
2.2 GHz (2 cores)
559
 
Intel Core i5-2400
3.1 GHz (4 cores)
554
 
Intel Core i7-2960XM
2.7 GHz (4 cores)
547
 
Intel Xeon E3-1265L
2.4 GHz (4 cores)
547
 
Intel Core i5-2450P
3.2 GHz (4 cores)
545
 
Intel Core i7-2760QM
2.4 GHz (4 cores)
541
 
Intel Core i5-2320
3.0 GHz (4 cores)
538
 
Intel Core i5-2405S
2.5 GHz (4 cores)
538
 
Intel Core i7-2820QM
2.3 GHz (4 cores)
516
 
Intel Core i7-2640M
2.8 GHz (2 cores)
515
 
Intel Core i3-2130
3.4 GHz (2 cores)
514
 
Intel Core i5-2310
2.9 GHz (4 cores)
513
 
Intel Core i5-2300
2.8 GHz (4 cores)
511
 
Intel Xeon E3-1220
3.1 GHz (4 cores)
508
 
Intel Core i7-2620M
2.7 GHz (2 cores)
504
 
Intel Core i5-2400S
2.5 GHz (4 cores)
500
 
Intel Core i3-2120
3.3 GHz (2 cores)
499
 
Intel Core i5-2540M
2.6 GHz (2 cores)
494
 
Intel Core i3-2105
3.1 GHz (2 cores)
487
 
Intel Pentium G870
3.1 GHz (2 cores)
487
 
Intel Core i5-2435M
2.4 GHz (2 cores)
481
 
Intel Core i7-2720QM
2.2 GHz (4 cores)
479
 
Intel Core i5-2390T
2.7 GHz (2 cores)
475
 
Intel Core i7-2637M
1.7 GHz (2 cores)
467
 
Intel Core i3-2100
3.1 GHz (2 cores)
465
 
Intel Core i5-2520M
2.5 GHz (2 cores)
465
 
Intel Core i3-2125
3.3 GHz (2 cores)
463
 
Intel Xeon E3-1260L
2.4 GHz (4 cores)
463
 
Intel Pentium G645
2.9 GHz (2 cores)
463
 
Intel Core i7-2670QM
2.2 GHz (4 cores)
460
 
Intel Pentium G850
2.9 GHz (2 cores)
458
 
Intel Core i5-2450M
2.5 GHz (2 cores)
456
 
Intel Core i7-2635QM
2.0 GHz (4 cores)
449
 
Intel Pentium G840
2.8 GHz (2 cores)
446
 
Intel Core i5-2430M
2.4 GHz (2 cores)
444
 
Intel Pentium G860
3.0 GHz (2 cores)
440
 
Intel Core i5-2415M
2.3 GHz (2 cores)
436
 
Intel Core i7-2677M
1.8 GHz (2 cores)
435
 
Intel Core i7-2630QM
2.0 GHz (4 cores)
434
 
Intel Core i7-2675QM
2.2 GHz (4 cores)
434
 
Intel Core i5-2410M
2.3 GHz (2 cores)
432
 
Intel Pentium G640
2.8 GHz (2 cores)
428
 
Intel Core i3-2120T
2.6 GHz (2 cores)
423
 
Intel Core i3-2100T
2.5 GHz (2 cores)
415
 
Intel Celeron G555
2.7 GHz (2 cores)
398
 
Intel Pentium G620
2.6 GHz (2 cores)
397
 
Intel Celeron G540
2.5 GHz (2 cores)
397
 
Intel Pentium G630
2.7 GHz (2 cores)
394
 
Intel Core i7-2920XM
2.5 GHz (4 cores)
385
 
Intel Celeron G550
2.6 GHz (2 cores)
385
 
Intel Core i5-2557M
1.7 GHz (2 cores)
381
 
Intel Pentium B970
2.3 GHz (2 cores)
373
 
Intel Core i3-2370M
2.4 GHz (2 cores)
367
 
Intel Pentium B980
2.4 GHz (2 cores)
362
 
Intel Celeron G530
2.4 GHz (2 cores)
357
 
Intel Pentium G645T
2.5 GHz (2 cores)
346
 
Intel Core i3-2350M
2.3 GHz (2 cores)
341
 
Intel Core i3-2348M
2.3 GHz (2 cores)
340
 
Intel Core i5-2467M
1.6 GHz (2 cores)
335
 
Intel Core i3-2330M
2.2 GHz (2 cores)
331
 
Intel Core i3-2310M
2.1 GHz (2 cores)
329
 
Intel Pentium B960
2.2 GHz (2 cores)
321
 
Intel Celeron B840
1.9 GHz (2 cores)
314
 
Intel Core i3-2328M
2.2 GHz (2 cores)
313
 
Intel Pentium B940
2.0 GHz (2 cores)
311
 
Intel Pentium B950
2.1 GHz (2 cores)
308
 
Intel Core i5-2537M
1.4 GHz (2 cores)
305
 
Intel Pentium G620T
2.2 GHz (2 cores)
289
 
Intel Celeron B820
1.7 GHz (2 cores)
279
 
Intel Celeron B830
1.8 GHz (2 cores)
268
 
Intel Celeron G440
1.6 GHz (1 core)
251
 
Intel Celeron B800
1.5 GHz (2 cores)
250
 
Intel Celeron G460
1.8 GHz (1 core)
244
 
Intel Celeron B815
1.6 GHz (2 cores)
242
 
Intel Core i3-2377M
1.5 GHz (2 cores)
241
 
Intel Celeron 887
1.5 GHz (2 cores)
240
 
Intel Celeron 877
1.4 GHz (2 cores)
237
 
Intel Core i3-2375M
1.5 GHz (2 cores)
236
 
Intel Pentium 987
1.5 GHz (2 cores)
228
 
Intel Core i3-2367M
1.4 GHz (2 cores)
227
 
Intel Core i3-2365M
1.4 GHz (2 cores)
199
 
Intel Core i3-2357M
1.3 GHz (2 cores)
189
 
Intel Celeron 847
1.1 GHz (2 cores)
167
 
Intel Celeron 857
1.2 GHz (2 cores)
167
 
Processor Score
Intel Core i7-2600K
3.4 GHz (4 cores)
2312
 
Intel Core i7-2700K
3.5 GHz (4 cores)
2260
 
Intel Core i5-2550K
3.4 GHz (4 cores)
2089
 
Intel Xeon E3-1270
3.4 GHz (4 cores)
2089
 
Intel Xeon E3-1290
3.6 GHz (4 cores)
2074
 
Intel Core i7-2600
3.4 GHz (4 cores)
2053
 
Intel Xeon E3-1240
3.3 GHz (4 cores)
2021
 
Intel Xeon E3-1245
3.3 GHz (4 cores)
2017
 
Intel Xeon E3-1235
3.2 GHz (4 cores)
1995
 
Intel Xeon E3-1230
3.2 GHz (4 cores)
1975
 
Intel Core i5-2500K
3.3 GHz (4 cores)
1921
 
Intel Core i5-2450P
3.2 GHz (4 cores)
1850
 
Intel Core i7-2600S
2.8 GHz (4 cores)
1795
 
Intel Core i7-2960XM
2.7 GHz (4 cores)
1748
 
Intel Xeon E3-1225
3.1 GHz (4 cores)
1697
 
Intel Core i5-2500
3.3 GHz (4 cores)
1691
 
Intel Core i7-2860QM
2.5 GHz (4 cores)
1688
 
Intel Core i7-2760QM
2.4 GHz (4 cores)
1685
 
Intel Core i5-2380P
3.1 GHz (4 cores)
1678
 
Intel Core i5-2400
3.1 GHz (4 cores)
1606
 
Intel Xeon E3-1265L
2.4 GHz (4 cores)
1600
 
Intel Core i5-2320
3.0 GHz (4 cores)
1551
 
Intel Core i7-2820QM
2.3 GHz (4 cores)
1534
 
Intel Xeon E3-1220
3.1 GHz (4 cores)
1517
 
Intel Core i5-2300
2.8 GHz (4 cores)
1499
 
Intel Core i5-2500S
2.7 GHz (4 cores)
1492
 
Intel Xeon E3-1260L
2.4 GHz (4 cores)
1487
 
Intel Core i5-2310
2.9 GHz (4 cores)
1460
 
Intel Core i7-2670QM
2.2 GHz (4 cores)
1441
 
Intel Core i7-2720QM
2.2 GHz (4 cores)
1439
 
Intel Core i5-2405S
2.5 GHz (4 cores)
1437
 
Intel Core i7-2635QM
2.0 GHz (4 cores)
1416
 
Intel Core i7-2675QM
2.2 GHz (4 cores)
1366
 
Intel Core i7-2630QM
2.0 GHz (4 cores)
1362
 
Intel Core i5-2400S
2.5 GHz (4 cores)
1355
 
Intel Core i7-2920XM
2.5 GHz (4 cores)
1230
 
Intel Core i3-2130
3.4 GHz (2 cores)
1037
 
Intel Core i3-2120
3.3 GHz (2 cores)
1030
 
Intel Core i7-2620M
2.7 GHz (2 cores)
1014
 
Intel Core i7-2640M
2.8 GHz (2 cores)
1007
 
Intel Core i5-2540M
2.6 GHz (2 cores)
993
 
Intel Core i5-2390T
2.7 GHz (2 cores)
991
 
Intel Core i3-2105
3.1 GHz (2 cores)
965
 
Intel Core i3-2125
3.3 GHz (2 cores)
956
 
Intel Core i3-2100
3.1 GHz (2 cores)
954
 
Intel Xeon E3-1220L
2.2 GHz (2 cores)
933
 
Intel Core i5-2520M
2.5 GHz (2 cores)
928
 
Intel Core i5-2435M
2.4 GHz (2 cores)
924
 
Intel Core i7-2637M
1.7 GHz (2 cores)
898
 
Intel Core i5-2430M
2.4 GHz (2 cores)
888
 
Intel Core i5-2450M
2.5 GHz (2 cores)
882
 
Intel Core i5-2415M
2.3 GHz (2 cores)
878
 
Intel Core i3-2100T
2.5 GHz (2 cores)
874
 
Intel Core i5-2410M
2.3 GHz (2 cores)
859
 
Intel Core i3-2120T
2.6 GHz (2 cores)
816
 
Intel Core i7-2677M
1.8 GHz (2 cores)
805
 
Intel Pentium G645
2.9 GHz (2 cores)
794
 
Intel Pentium G870
3.1 GHz (2 cores)
793
 
Intel Pentium G850
2.9 GHz (2 cores)
786
 
Intel Pentium G840
2.8 GHz (2 cores)
765
 
Intel Core i5-2557M
1.7 GHz (2 cores)
742
 
Intel Celeron G555
2.7 GHz (2 cores)
742
 
Intel Pentium G860
3.0 GHz (2 cores)
726
 
Intel Core i3-2370M
2.4 GHz (2 cores)
718
 
Intel Pentium G640
2.8 GHz (2 cores)
713
 
Intel Pentium G620
2.6 GHz (2 cores)
692
 
Intel Core i3-2350M
2.3 GHz (2 cores)
689
 
Intel Pentium G630
2.7 GHz (2 cores)
685
 
Intel Celeron G540
2.5 GHz (2 cores)
683
 
Intel Core i3-2330M
2.2 GHz (2 cores)
679
 
Intel Core i3-2348M
2.3 GHz (2 cores)
672
 
Intel Core i3-2310M
2.1 GHz (2 cores)
660
 
Intel Core i5-2467M
1.6 GHz (2 cores)
651
 
Intel Core i3-2328M
2.2 GHz (2 cores)
634
 
Intel Celeron G550
2.6 GHz (2 cores)
629
 
Intel Celeron G530
2.4 GHz (2 cores)
618
 
Intel Pentium B980
2.4 GHz (2 cores)
614
 
Intel Core i5-2537M
1.4 GHz (2 cores)
596
 
Intel Pentium B970
2.3 GHz (2 cores)
587
 
Intel Pentium G645T
2.5 GHz (2 cores)
565
 
Intel Pentium B940
2.0 GHz (2 cores)
541
 
Intel Pentium B960
2.2 GHz (2 cores)
537
 
Intel Celeron B840
1.9 GHz (2 cores)
534
 
Intel Pentium B950
2.1 GHz (2 cores)
518
 
Intel Core i3-2377M
1.5 GHz (2 cores)
500
 
Intel Core i3-2375M
1.5 GHz (2 cores)
498
 
Intel Core i3-2367M
1.4 GHz (2 cores)
491
 
Intel Celeron B820
1.7 GHz (2 cores)
485
 
Intel Celeron B830
1.8 GHz (2 cores)
468
 
Intel Core i3-2365M
1.4 GHz (2 cores)
435
 
Intel Celeron B815
1.6 GHz (2 cores)
427
 
Intel Celeron B800
1.5 GHz (2 cores)
423
 
Intel Pentium G620T
2.2 GHz (2 cores)
422
 
Intel Celeron 877
1.4 GHz (2 cores)
418
 
Intel Celeron 887
1.5 GHz (2 cores)
417
 
Intel Pentium 987
1.5 GHz (2 cores)
382
 
Intel Core i3-2357M
1.3 GHz (2 cores)
305
 
Intel Celeron 847
1.1 GHz (2 cores)
276
 
Intel Celeron G460
1.8 GHz (1 core)
273
 
Intel Celeron G440
1.6 GHz (1 core)
243
 
Intel Celeron 857
1.2 GHz (2 cores)
239