Comparing Intel Core i5-2500S vs Intel Core i5-2500S

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• Name
  Intel Core i5-2500S AMD Athlon II X4 615e
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i5 AMD Athlon II
• Generation
  2 1
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 2000 AMD Athlon II X4 (Propus)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• Frequency
  2.70 GHz 2.50 GHz
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 2000 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.85 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.10 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  6
• Shader
  48
• Max. displays
  2
• Generation
  6
• Technology
  32 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2011

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  No No

• Memory type
  DDR3-1333 DDR3-1333
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2 (Dual Channel)

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 45 W

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a
• L2-Cache
  -- 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge S Propus
• Technology
  32 nm 45 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1155 AM3
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q3/2010