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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i5 540M vs 2520M
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark
Core i5 540M
1,616
Core i5 2520M
2,192
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core i5 540M
3,870
Core i5 2520M
4,982
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core i5 540M
1,927
Core i5 2520M
2,424
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core i5 540M
1,400,000 MB/s
Core i5 2520M
2,080,000 MB/s
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core i5 540M
3,761
Core i5 2520M
4,764
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core i5 540M
4,052
Core i5 2520M
5,321
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Core i5 540M
2,449
Core i5 2520M
3,567
PassMark (Single Core)
Core i5 540M
1,093
Core i5 2520M
1,493
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core i5 540M | vs | 2520M |
---|---|---|---|
Clock speed | 2.53 GHz | 2.5 GHz | |
Turbo clock speed | 3.07 GHz | 3.2 GHz | |
Cores | Dual core | Dual core | |
Socket type | |||
BGA 1288 | |||
rPGA 988B | |||
Is unlocked | No | No | |
features | |||
Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
Supports trusted computing | Yes | Yes | |
Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
Instruction set extensions | |||
SSE2 | |||
MMX | |||
SSE4 | |||
AVX | |||
SSE3 | |||
EM64T | |||
SSE | |||
SSE4.1 | |||
SSE4.2 | |||
Supplemental SSE3 | |||
AES | |||
Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
TDP | 35W | 35W | |
Annual home energy cost | 8.43 $/year | 8.43 $/year | |
Performance per watt | 14.03 pt/W | 20.44 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 28.44W | 28.44W | |
bus | |||
Architecture | DMI | DMI | |
Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
Transfer rate | 2,500 MT/s | 5,000 MT/s |
details | Core i5 540M | vs | 2520M |
---|---|---|---|
Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
Threads | 4 | 4 | |
L2 cache | 0.5 MB | 1 MB | |
L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 0.5 MB/core | |
L3 cache | 3 MB | 3 MB | |
L3 cache per core | 1.5 MB/core | 1.5 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 32 nm | 32 nm | |
Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
Clock multiplier | 19 | 25 | |
overclocking | |||
Overclocked clock speed | 3.03 GHz | 3.05 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.53 GHz | 2.5 GHz | |
PassMark (Overclocked) | 171.8 | 1,230.7 | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.03 GHz | 3.05 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
GPU | GPU | GPU | |
Label | Intel® HD Graphics | HD Graphics 3000 | |
Number of displays supported | 2 | 2 | |
GPU clock speed | 500 MHz | 650 MHz | |
Turbo clock speed | 766 MHz | 1,300 MHz | |
memory controller | |||
Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
Memory type | |||
DDR3-1333 | |||
DDR3-1066 | |||
DDR3-800 | |||
DDR3 | |||
Channels | Dual Channel | Dual Channel | |
Supports ECC | No | No | |
Maximum bandwidth | 17,066.66 MB/s | 21,333.32 MB/s | |
Maximum memory size | 8,192 MB | 16,384 MB |
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