Intel Core i5-2500S vs Intel Pentium 4 511

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i5-2500S and Intel Pentium 4 511 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, 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).

Intel Core i5-2500S

Intel Pentium 4 511

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-2500S

CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
Around 32% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 69.1°C vs 67.7°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 90 nm
16x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 84 Watt
2.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1968 vs 899

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	January 2011 vs January 2005
Number of cores	4 vs 1
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
Maximum core temperature	69.1°C vs 67.7°C
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 16 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 84 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1968 vs 899

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4 511

Around 17% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 781 vs 670

Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	781 vs 670

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i5-2500S
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 4 511

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

670

781

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

1968

899

Name	Intel Core i5-2500S	Intel Pentium 4 511
PassMark - Single thread mark	1646
PassMark - CPU mark	3402
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	670	781
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1968	899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	64.965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.34
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	1.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	3.83

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Core i5-2500S	Intel Pentium 4 511
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge	Prescott
Launch date	January 2011	January 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$75
Place in performance rating	2464	2479
Price now	$74.99
Processor Number	i5-2500S	511
Series	Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)	20.88
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.70 GHz	2.80 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI	533 MHz FSB
Die size	216 mm	112 mm2
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	16 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1024 KB
L3 cache	6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	90 nm
Maximum core temperature	69.1°C	67.7°C
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz	2.8 GHz
Number of cores	4	1
Number of threads	4
Transistor count	1160 million	125 million
VID voltage range		1.25V-1.400V
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
Sockets supported	LGA1155	PLGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	84 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
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)