Intel Core i5-2500 vs Intel Celeron 450

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i5-2500 and Intel Celeron 450 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-2500

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • Around 68% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
  • Around 20% higher maximum core temperature: 72.6°C vs 60.4°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1702 vs 763
  • 9.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4112 vs 433
  • 2.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2283 vs 971
Specifications (specs)
Launch date January 2011 vs August 2008
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Maximum core temperature 72.6°C vs 60.4°C
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 65 nm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 64 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1702 vs 763
PassMark - CPU mark 4112 vs 433
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2283 vs 971

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron 450

  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 35% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 963 vs 712
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 963 vs 712

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i5-2500
CPU 2: Intel Celeron 450

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1702
763
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4112
433
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
712
963
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
2283
971
Name Intel Core i5-2500 Intel Celeron 450
PassMark - Single thread mark 1702 763
PassMark - CPU mark 4112 433
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 712 963
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2283 971
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 2388
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 57.075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.373
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.47

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core i5-2500 Intel Celeron 450

Essentials

Architecture codename Sandy Bridge Conroe
Launch date January 2011 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $85
Place in performance rating 2477 2466
Price now $88.99 $29.99
Processor Number i5-2500 450
Series Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors Legacy Intel® Celeron® Processor
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 20.95 6.14
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.30 GHz 2.20 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI 800 MHz FSB
Die size 216 mm 77 mm2
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 64 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 512 KB
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 65 nm
Maximum core temperature 72.6°C 60.4°C
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 4 1
Number of threads 4
Transistor count 1160 million 105 million
VID voltage range 1.0000V-1.3375V

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 1066/1333 DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics

Device ID 0x102
Graphics base frequency 850 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 2000

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported LGA1155 LGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 35 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 2.0

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
FSB parity
Intel® Demand Based Switching

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)