Intel Core i5 2520M 

Released February, 2011
  • 2.5 GHz
  • Dual core
7.8 Out of 10

This is in direct opposition to the sleek, razor-thin Core M devices that Intel has previously demoed.
by Joel-Hruska (Oct, 2014)
There’s no substitute for shipping hardware, and that’s why a great many eyes have turned to Lenovo’s Yoga 3 Pro — the first shipping device with Broadwell inside.
by Joel-Hruska (Oct, 2014)
Explore 10 laptops with the Intel Core i5 2520M

CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of the Intel Core i5 2520M among laptop CPUs (over 15W)

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i5 2520M
6.5
Core i5 3320M
6.8
Core i5 520M
5.6
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance
Core i5 2520M
7.6
Core i5 3320M
7.8
Core i5 520M
6.6
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

Integrated Graphics

Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i5 2520M
n.d.
Core i5 3320M
6.9
Core i5 520M
n.d.
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)

Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i5 2520M
n.d.
Core i5 3320M
6.5
Core i5 520M
n.d.
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

Performance per Watt

How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i5 2520M
6.3
Core i5 3320M
6.1
Core i5 520M
5.7
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

Value

Are you paying a premium for performance?
Core i5 2520M
10.0
Core i5 3320M
5.8
Core i5 520M
9.0
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more
7.8

CPUBoss Score

Combination of all six facets
Core i5 2520M
7.8
Core i5 3320M
6.5
Core i5 520M
6.6

Benchmarks Real world tests of the Intel Core i5 2520M

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 2520M
2,192
Core i5 520M
1,643
Core i5 3320M
2,329

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 2520M
4,982
Core i5 520M
3,737
Core i5 3320M
5,486

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 2520M
2,424
Core i5 520M
1,867
Core i5 3320M
2,592

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 2520M
2,080,000 MB/s
Core i5 520M
1,340,000 MB/s
Core i5 3320M
2,140,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 2520M
4,764
Core i5 520M
3,593
Core i5 3320M
5,309

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 2520M
5,321
Core i5 520M
4,110
Core i5 3320M
5,965

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i5 2520M
3,567
Core i5 520M
2,380
Core i5 3320M
4,072

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i5 2520M
1,493
Core i5 520M
1,058
Core i5 3320M
1,636

In The News From around the web

3
Nov

More Intel Core M Coming Q4

by Ian Cutress |
www.anandtech.com
All new CPUs are slated for a Q4 launch, which would mean that they might become available for end users in products on the shelf sometime in Q1 2015.
These initial CPUs should be properly available to the public in Q4 in devices such as the Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro using the Core M-5Y70.
27
Oct

The first Core M laptop paints a depressing, mediocre picture for Intel’s Broadwell

by Joel Hruska |
www.extremetech.com
The fact that Chrome runs poorly — markedly worse than Internet Explorer — could be indicative of GPU driver issues, while the 3.5W TDP target Lenovo apparently locked in would explain the throttling behavior.
It’s possible that these weak performance figures and throttling issues are either caused by Intel drivers or by overly aggressive chip positioning.

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

Clock speed 2.5 GHz
Turbo clock speed 3.2 GHz
Cores Dual core
Socket type rPGA 988B
Is unlocked No

features

Has a NX bit Yes
Supports trusted computing Yes
Has virtualization support Yes
Instruction set extensions
  1. MMX
  2. AES
  3. SSE
  4. SSE2
  5. SSE4.1
  6. SSE3
  7. Supplemental SSE3
  8. SSE4.2
  9. AVX
  10. SSE4
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes

power consumption

TDP 35W
Annual home energy cost 8.43 $/year
Performance per watt 20.46 pt/W
Typical power consumption 28.44W

bus

Architecture DMI
Number of links 1
Transfer rate 5,000 MT/s

details

Architecture x86-64
Threads 4 threads
L2 cache 1 MB
L2 cache per core 0.5 MB/core
L3 cache 3 MB
L3 cache per core 1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process 32 nm
Max CPUs 1
Clock multiplier 25
Operating temperature Unknown - 100°C

overclocking

Overclock popularity 11
Overclocked clock speed 3.06 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 2.5 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked) 1,230.7
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.06 GHz

integrated graphics

GPU GPU
Label HD Graphics 3000
Number of displays supported 2
GPU clock speed 650 MHz
Turbo clock speed 1,300 MHz

memory controller

Memory controller Built-in
Memory type
  1. DDR3-1333
  2. DDR3-1066
  3. DDR3
Channels Dual Channel
Supports ECC No
Maximum bandwidth 21,333.32 MB/s
Maximum memory size 16,384 MB
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Comments

Showing 3 comments.
X_Hunter (12:14 AM, June 29, 2016)
How's the computer now? Is it still alive fully working? I'm looking forward to buy one, but I'm not sure if it overheats a lot or if a cooling base is needed.
platinumshore (10:30 PM, November 25, 2015)
Bought a refurbed laptop with this cpu - hope worth the investment (previous laptop was a lenovo T410 Core i5 520M )
Marek Javůrek (09:49 AM, October 19, 2015)
great CPU
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