Intel Core i5 2400S Intel Core i3 2400S benchmarking by Phoronix.com compared against other Sandy Bridge CPUs. Core i3 2100: Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.8.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.2.902 (1.10.3 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-8f4ec55), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i3 2120: Processor: Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.8.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.2.902 (1.10.3 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-8f4ec55), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i5 2400S: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400S @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.8.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.2.902 (1.10.3 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-8f4ec55), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i5 2500K: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.8.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.2.902 (1.10.3 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-8f4ec55), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 2600: Processor: Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8P67, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ AGILITY3 + 60GB Corsair CSSD-F60 + 2 x 500GB Seagate ST3500410AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1280MB (780/1900MHz) OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-11-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.6.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 280.13, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 280.13, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 49.27 |==== Core i3 2120 .. 49.43 |==== Core i5 2400S . 49.43 |==== Core i5 2500K . 65.43 |====== Core i7 2600 .. 629.77 |======================================================= World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 51.30 |===== Core i3 2120 .. 51.67 |===== Core i5 2400S . 51.23 |===== Core i5 2500K . 68.57 |======= Core i7 2600 .. 551.20 |======================================================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 15.99 |=============== Core i3 2120 .. 16.09 |=============== Core i5 2400S . 15.81 |=============== Core i5 2500K . 20.53 |=================== Core i7 2600 .. 59.87 |======================================================== Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 20.17 |== Core i3 2120 .. 20.40 |== Core i5 2400S . 20.30 |== Core i5 2500K . 25.47 |=== Core i7 2600 .. 505.60 |======================================================= Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 16719.85 |============================= Core i3 2120 .. 17529.45 |============================== Core i5 2400S . 24283.95 |========================================== Core i5 2500K . 30994.57 |===================================================== Core i7 2600 .. 23615.91 |======================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 1766.63 |================================= Core i3 2120 .. 1783.47 |================================= Core i5 2400S . 2689.81 |================================================== Core i5 2500K . 2927.07 |====================================================== Core i7 2600 .. 2829.53 |==================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0a RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 72.08 |================================================ Core i3 2120 .. 76.55 |=================================================== Core i5 2400S . 73.70 |================================================= Core i5 2500K . 83.40 |======================================================== Core i7 2600 .. 80.45 |====================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 3682667 |============================================== Core i3 2120 .. 3900000 |================================================= Core i5 2400S . 3727333 |=============================================== Core i5 2500K . 4309333 |====================================================== Core i7 2600 .. 4233667 |===================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 11756 |================================================ Core i3 2120 .. 12683 |==================================================== Core i5 2400S . 12048 |================================================= Core i5 2500K . 13671 |======================================================== Core i7 2600 .. 13185 |====================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 759 |================================================== Core i3 2120 .. 814 |====================================================== Core i5 2400S . 776 |=================================================== Core i5 2500K . 878 |========================================================== Core i7 2600 .. 825 |====================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 128.46 |======================================================= Core i3 2120 .. 114.26 |================================================= Core i5 2400S . 71.13 |============================== Core i5 2500K . 54.25 |======================= Core i7 2600 .. 55.05 |======================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 245 |========================================================== Core i3 2120 .. 230 |====================================================== Core i5 2400S . 201 |================================================ Core i5 2500K . 154 |==================================== Core i7 2600 .. 104 |========================= x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 44.57 |========================= Core i3 2120 .. 47.17 |=========================== Core i5 2400S . 58.69 |================================= Core i5 2500K . 71.61 |======================================== Core i7 2600 .. 99.27 |======================================================== FFmpeg 0.8.2 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 13.01 |=========================================== Core i3 2120 .. 12.20 |======================================== Core i5 2400S . 13.45 |============================================= Core i5 2500K . 10.13 |================================== Core i7 2600 .. 16.87 |======================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 23.49 |======================================================== Core i3 2120 .. 22.05 |===================================================== Core i5 2400S . 22.84 |====================================================== Core i5 2500K . 20.25 |================================================ Core i7 2600 .. 20.48 |================================================= 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 7111 |======================= Core i3 2120 .. 7563 |======================== Core i5 2400S . 9176 |============================= Core i5 2500K . 11188 |==================================== Core i7 2600 .. 17439 |======================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 148.34 |================================================ Core i3 2120 .. 160.21 |==================================================== Core i5 2400S . 151.42 |================================================= Core i5 2500K . 167.64 |====================================================== Core i7 2600 .. 170.46 |======================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 3363.68 |================ Core i3 2120 .. 3620.48 |================== Core i5 2400S . 6812.85 |================================= Core i5 2500K . 8170.95 |======================================== Core i7 2600 .. 10945.85 |===================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 17.47 |========================== Core i3 2120 .. 18.56 |============================ Core i5 2400S . 24.46 |==================================== Core i5 2500K . 27.72 |========================================= Core i7 2600 .. 37.69 |======================================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.1v Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Core i3 2100 .. 54.87 |========================== Core i3 2120 .. 60.35 |============================ Core i5 2400S . 70.75 |================================= Core i5 2500K . 82.63 |======================================= Core i7 2600 .. 116.60 |=======================================================