Intel Core i5-2500 - CM8062300834203 / BX80623I52500 / BXC80623I52500

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Intel Core i5-2500 specifications

General information

Type

CPU / Microprocessor

Market segment

Desktop

Family

Intel Core i5

Model number ?

i5-2500

CPU part numbers

CM8062300834203 is an OEM/tray microprocessor
BX80623I52500 is a boxed processor (English version)
BXC80623I52500 is a boxed processor (Chinese version)

Frequency ?

3300 MHz

Turbo frequency

3700 MHz

Clock multiplier ?

Package

1155-land Flip-Chip Land Grid Array

Socket

Socket 1155 / H2 / LGA1155

Size

1.48" x 1.48" / 3.75cm x 3.75cm

Weight

0.9oz / 25.4g (CPU)
12.9oz / 365.5g (box)

Fan/heatsink

E97378-001

Introduction date

Jan 9, 2011

End-of-Life date

Last order date is March 29, 2013
Last shipment date for tray processors is September 27, 2013

Price at introduction

$205

S-spec numbers

	ES/QS processors	Production processors
Part number	Q1J0	SR00T
BX80623I52500		+
BXC80623I52500		+
CM8062300834203	+	+

Architecture / Microarchitecture

Microarchitecture

Sandy Bridge

Processor core ?

Sandy Bridge

Core stepping ?

D2 (SR00T)

Manufacturing process

0.032 micron High-K metal gate process

Data width

64 bit

The number of cores

The number of threads

Floating Point Unit

Integrated

Level 1 cache size ?

4 x 32 KB instruction caches
4 x 32 KB data caches

Level 2 cache size ?

4 x 256 KB

Level 3 cache size

6 MB shared cache

Cache latency

4 (L1 cache)
11 (L2 cache)
26 (L3 cache)

Physical memory

32 GB

Multiprocessing

Uniprocessor

Features

MMX instructions
SSE / Streaming SIMD Extensions
SSE2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 2
SSE3 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
SSSE3 / Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
SSE4 / SSE4.1 + SSE4.2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 4 ?
AES / Advanced Encryption Standard instructions
AVX / Advanced Vector Extensions
EM64T / Extended Memory 64 technology / Intel 64 ?
NX / XD / Execute disable bit ?
TBT 2.0 / Turbo Boost technology 2.0 ?
VT-x / Virtualization technology ?
VT-d / Virtualization for directed I/O
TXT / Trusted Execution technology

Low power features

Enhanced SpeedStep technology ?

Integrated peripherals / components

Integrated graphics

GPU Type: HD 2000
Base frequency (MHz): 850
Maximum frequency (MHz): 1100

Memory controller

The number of controllers: 1
Memory channels: 2
Supported memory: DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333

Other peripherals

Direct Media Interface
PCI Express 2.0 interface

Electrical / Thermal parameters

Maximum operating temperature ?

72.6°C

Thermal Design Power ?

95 Watt

CPUs, related to Intel Core i5-2500

Model Cores /
Threads Freq. Turbo
freq. L3
cache TDP Features Price

Intel Core i5 family, Socket 1155

   Core i5-2380P 4 / 4 3.1 GHz 3.4 GHz 6 MB 95 Watt AES, AVX, TXT, TBT

   Core i5-2400 4 / 4 3.1 GHz 3.4 GHz 6 MB 95 Watt AES, AVX, TXT, TBT

   Core i5-3470S 4 / 4 2.9 GHz 3.6 GHz 6 MB 65 Watt AES, AVX, TXT, TBT $184

   Core i5-3475S 4 / 4 2.9 GHz 3.6 GHz 6 MB 65 Watt AES, AVX, TXT, TBT $201

   Core i5-3450 4 / 4 3.1 GHz 3.5 GHz 6 MB 77 Watt AES, AVX, TXT, TBT

   Core i5-2450P 4 / 4 3.2 GHz 3.5 GHz 6 MB 95 Watt AES, AVX, TXT, TBT

   Core i5-3550S 4 / 4 3 GHz 3.7 GHz 6 MB 65 Watt AES, AVX, TXT, TBT $205

   Core i5-3470 4 / 4 3.2 GHz 3.6 GHz 6 MB 77 Watt AES, AVX, TXT, TBT $184

   Core i5-3570S 4 / 4 3.1 GHz 3.8 GHz 6 MB 65 Watt AES, AVX, TXT, TBT $205

   Core i5-2500 4 / 4 3.3 GHz 3.7 GHz 6 MB 95 Watt AES, AVX, TXT, TBT

   Core i5-2500K 4 / 4 3.3 GHz 3.7 GHz 6 MB 95 Watt AES, AVX, TXT, TBT, Unlock

   Core i5-3550 4 / 4 3.3 GHz 3.7 GHz 6 MB 77 Watt AES, AVX, TXT, TBT $205

   Core i5-2550K 4 / 4 3.4 GHz 3.8 GHz 6 MB 95 Watt AES, AVX, TXT, TBT, Unlock

   Core i5-3570 4 / 4 3.4 GHz 3.8 GHz 6 MB 77 Watt AES, AVX, TXT, TBT $205

   Core i5-3570K 4 / 4 3.4 GHz 3.8 GHz 6 MB 77 Watt AES, AVX, TXT, TBT, Unlock $225

Other families, Sandy Bridge micro-architecture, Socket 1155

   Celeron G550 2 / 2 2.6 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt AES, AVX, TXT, TBT

   Celeron G555 2 / 2 2.7 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt AES, AVX, TXT, TBT

   Pentium G860 2 / 2 3 GHz 3 MB 65 Watt AES, AVX, TXT, TBT

   Pentium G870 2 / 2 3.1 GHz 3 MB 65 Watt AES, AVX, TXT, TBT

   Core i3-2120 2 / 4 3.3 GHz 3 MB 65 Watt AES, AVX, HT, TXT, TBT

   Core i3-2125 2 / 4 3.3 GHz 3 MB 65 Watt AES, AVX, HT, TXT, TBT

   Core i3-2130 2 / 4 3.4 GHz 3 MB 65 Watt AES, AVX, HT, TXT, TBT

   Core i7-2600 4 / 8 3.4 GHz 3.8 GHz 8 MB 95 Watt AES, AVX, HT, TXT, TBT

   Core i7-2700K 4 / 8 3.5 GHz 3.9 GHz 8 MB 95 Watt AES, AVX, HT, TXT, TBT, Unlock

• Highlighted numbers and features indicate whether specific processor performs better or worse than Core i5-2500

• Within each category, the CPUs are sorted from slower (at the top) to faster (at the bottom)

• The 'Price' column shows official Intel prices as of Jun 9, 2013. Prices for obsolete and tray-only processors are not provided.

• List of related CPUs is not complete.

• Features abbreviations:

AES - AES instructions
AVX - AVX instructions
HT - Hyper-Threading
TXT - Trusted Execution
TBT - Dynamic Acceleration / Turbo Boost
Unlock - Unlocked multiplier

FAQ

Q: I have an Intel Core i5-2500 processor. Is it possible to upgrade it?

A: Probably yes. CPU compatibility is determined by your motherboard. Please see CPU-Upgrade.com resource for CPU support list for your board.

Intel i5-2500 Overclocking

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Pictures (4)



2011-03-04 00:08:32 Posted by: gshv
Back view


2011-03-04 00:11:30 Posted by: gshv
Side view. Part specs on the side are: i5-2500, 3.30GHz, 6MB Cache, LGA1155, 95W S-spec: SR00T Product code: BX80623I52500 UPC: 7 35858 21772 9 EAN: 5 032037 011921 MM#: 911288


2011-03-04 00:11:59 Posted by: gshv
Front view

Core i5-2500 box pictures
2011-03-04 00:16:54 Posted by: gshv
The box has more compact design than the boxes of first generation core processors. Width and height of the box almost exactly match width and height of AMD Athlon II / Phenom II boxes, but the Core i5 box is thicker.

News

Intel discontinues second-generation Core i5 and i7 CPUs

Sep 26, 2012: Yesterday Intel published several Product Change Notification (PCN) documents, advising their customers about upcoming discontinuation of Core i5 and i7 processors, and one Celeron SKU. Most of retired microprocessors are based on older Sandy Bridge microarchitecture, and they were introduced in the January - October 2011 time frame.

Store prices for new Core i5 and Core i7 processors

Jan 09, 2011: You may already know that today is an official launch day of Sandy Bridge microprocessors, dubbed by Intel as "2nd generation Core" CPUs. In contrast to majority of past launches, when it took from one to several days for microprocessors to materialize in stores, the new Sandy Bridge CPUs are already available in retail.

Intel launches new desktop and mobile CPUs

Jan 09, 2011: Earlier this week, at Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Intel announced 2nd generation Core microprocessors, based on just introduced Sandy Bridge micro-architecture. Today, Intel officially launched these processors, as well as a few models built on older Nehalem and Core technology. Intel's price list was updated with prices and brief specifications of all new CPUs.

Intel launches Sandy Bridge micro-architecture

Jan 06, 2011: On Monday, Intel announced new "2nd generation Core" desktop and mobile microprocessors, based on Sandy Bridge micro-architecture. The same day many hardware news sites published reviews of Sandy Bridge processors, and the universal conclusion was "yes, it's faster and better". Today Intel updated ARK database with details on all new models.

Prices and launch dates of desktop Sandy Bridge CPUs

Dec 02, 2010: While specifications of many Sandy Bridge desktop microprocessors were known for quite some time, since July of this year, prices and release dates of these models were unknown until last week. At the end of November Expreview revealed prices and launch dates of all Sandy Bridge-based desktop models. Expreview also published specifications of Pentium CPUs, that will be introduced in February and in the second quarter 2011.

Part numbers of desktop Sandy Bridge CPUs emerge on Intel website

Nov 13, 2010: Part numbers of OEM and boxed desktop microprocessors, based on upcoming Sandy Bridge micro-architecture, were published today on Intel's website. S-Spec numbers of these CPUs were also made public. This information confirms model numbers of upcoming Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 processors, that were revealed in July - August of this year. Also, there will be one new quad-core model, Intel Core i5-2300.

Benchmarks

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Intel i5-2500 benchmarks

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Benchmarked processor

CPU ID: 206A7

CPU vendor string: GenuineIntel

CPU name string: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500 CPU @ 3.30GHz

Integer performance

Part number Result

Intel Core i7-3770S ?

113.8%

Intel Core i5-4430 ?

110.5%

Intel Core i5-3570K ?

108.9%

Intel Core i5-3550 ?

105.7%

Intel Core i7-2760QM (PGA) ?

102.6%

Intel Core i5-2500 ?

100%

Intel Core i5-2500K ?

99.9%

Intel Core i5-3450 ?

99.9%

Intel Core i7-875K ?

95.9%

Intel Core i7-870 ?

95.9%

Intel Core i7-2600S ?

95.8%

Floating Point performance

Part number Result

Intel Core i5-3570K ?

107.7%

Intel Core i5-3550 ?

104.7%

Intel Core i5-4570 ?

102.7%

AMD Phenom II X4 980 ?

102.4%

Intel Core i5-2500K ?

100%

Intel Core i5-2500 ?

100%

AMD Phenom II X4 975 ?

99.9%

Intel Core i5-3450 ?

98.8%

AMD Phenom II X4 970 (rev. E0) ?

97.2%

AMD Phenom II X4 970 (rev. C3) ?

97.2%

Intel Core i5-4570S ?

96.6%

MMX / SSE / SSE2 performance

Part number Result

Intel Core i5-4670K ?

107.8%

Intel Core i5-4670 ?

107.6%

Intel Core i7-2630QM ?

106.6%

Intel Core i5-3550 ?

105.4%

Intel Core i5-4570 ?

102%

Intel Core i5-2500 ?

100%

Intel Core i5-2500K ?

99.9%

Intel Core i5-3450 ?

99.5%

Intel Core i5-4570S ?

97.2%

Intel Core i5-3450S ?

94.7%

Intel Core i5-2400 ?

93.7%

Memory-intensive program performance

Part number Result

Intel Core i7-2600K ?

104.1%

Intel Core i7-2600 ?

103.9%

Intel Core i5-4570S ?

103.3%

Intel Core i7-2760QM (PGA) ?

100.2%

Intel Core i5-2500K ?

100.1%

Intel Core i5-2500 ?

100%

Intel Core i7-2600S ?

99.8%

Intel Core i5-3450 ?

99.3%

Intel Core i5-3450S ?

97.1%

Intel Core i5-4430 ?

96.5%

Intel Core i7-2720QM (PGA) ?

95.8%

CPU ID (3)

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CPUID features of Intel i5-2500

NOTE: The CPU ID information below was taken from one CPU and may include features that are not present in all different steppings of the Intel Core i5 i5-2500 CPU.

Manufacturer:	Intel
CPU Family:	Core i5
Processor Number:	i5-2500
Frequency:	3292 MHz

Part number:	CM8062300834203
S-Spec Number:
Comment:
Submitted by:	Aaron Sawyer

General information
Vendor:	GenuineIntel
Processor name (BIOS):	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500 CPU @ 3.30GHz
Cores:	4
Logical processors:	4
Processor type:	Original OEM Processor
CPUID signature:	206A7
Family:	6 (06h)
Model:	42 (02Ah)
Stepping:	7 (07h)
TLB/Cache details:	64-byte Prefetching Data TLB0: 2-MB or 4-MB pages, 4-way associative, 32 entries Data TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries Instruction TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 128 entries L2 TLB: 1-MB, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size Shared 2nd-level TLB: 4 KB pages, 4-way set associative, 512 entries

Cache: L1 data L1 instruction L2 L3

Size: 4 x 32 KB 4 x 32 KB 4 x 256 KB 6 MB

Associativity: 8-way set
associative 8-way set
associative 8-way set
associative 12-way set
associative

Line size: 64 bytes 64 bytes 64 bytes 64 bytes

Comments: Direct-mapped Direct-mapped Non-inclusive
Direct-mapped Inclusive
Shared between all cores

Instruction set extensions Additional instructions

MMX CLFLUSH

SSE CMOV

SSE2 CMPXCHG16B

SSE3 CMPXCHG8B

SSSE3 FXSAVE/FXRSTORE

SSE4.1 MONITOR/MWAIT

SSE4.2 PCLMULDQ

AES POPCNT

AVX RDTSCP

SYSENTER/SYSEXIT

XSAVE / XRESTORE states

XSETBV / XGETBV are enabled

Major features Other features

On-chip Floating Point Unit 36-bit page-size extensions

64-bit / Intel 64 64-bit debug store

NX bit/XD-bit Advanced programmable interrupt controller

Intel Virtualization CPL qualified debug store

Intel Trusted Execution technology Debug store

Turbo Boost Debugging extensions

Enhanced SpeedStep Digital Thermal Sensor capability

Extended xAPIC support

LAHF / SAHF support in 64-bit mode

Machine check architecture

Machine check exception

Memory-type range registers

Model-specific registers

Page attribute table

Page global extension

Page-size extensions (4MB pages)

Pending break enable

Perfmon and Debug capability

Physical address extensions

Power Limit Notification capability

Process context identifiers

Self-snoop

TSC rate is ensured to be invariant across all states

Thermal monitor

Thermal monitor 2

Thermal monitor and software controlled clock facilities

Time stamp counter

Timestamp counter deadline

Virtual 8086-mode enhancements

xTPR Update Control

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Last modified: 13 Jun 2013