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Is the Intel Core i5-520M @ 2.40GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Laptop
Socket: BGA1288
Clockspeed: 2.4 GHz
Turbo Speed: 2.9 GHz
Cores: 2 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 35 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 3 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz, Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz, Intel Core i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2010
CPUmark/$Price: 17.30
Overall Rank:
3434th fastest in multithreading out of 5153 CPUs
3256th fastest in single threading out of 5153 CPUs
810th fastest in out of 1491 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $100.00 USD (2024-05-07)
| Integer Math | 6,713 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 2,915 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 8 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 3,698 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 642.0 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 27,218 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 157 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 757 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,094 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,151 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,833 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 20,063 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 18,245 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 16,729 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,650 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,146 | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 11,650 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,693 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,540 | |
| Intel Core i5-520M @ 2.40GHz | 1,730 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 50.79 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 30.88 | |
| Intel Core i5-520M @ 2.40GHz | 17.30 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.14 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | NA | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,900 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,837 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,048 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,026 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 2,915 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,645 | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,631 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,599 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,406 | |
| Intel Core i5-520M @ 2.40GHz | 1,094 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2673212 - Jun 04 2025 | 1965 | |
| BL2670132 - Jun 03 2025 | 1948 | |
| BL2668692 - Jun 02 2025 | 1932 | |
| BL2664857 - May 31 2025 | 2007 | |
| BL2660034 - May 29 2025 | 1930 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-520M @ 2.40GHz | 1,730 | |
| AMD A10-5750M APU vs Intel Core i5-520M | 2,061 (+19.1%) | |
| Intel Core i5-480M @ 2.67GHz vs Intel Core i5-520M | 1,323 (-23.5%) | |
| AMD Phenom II N950 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i5-520M | 1,587 (-8.3%) | |
| Intel Core i5-580M @ 2.67GHz vs Intel Core i5-520M | 1,966 (+13.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz vs Intel Core i5-520M | 1,793 (+3.6%) | |
| Intel Core i3-4010U @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-520M | 1,666 (-3.7%) | |
| AMD A8-3510MX APU vs Intel Core i5-520M | 1,631 (-5.7%) | |
| Intel Core2 Quad Q9000 @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-520M | 1,586 (-8.3%) | |
| AMD Phenom II N930 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i5-520M | 1,584 (-8.5%) | |
| Intel Core i3-350M @ 2.27GHz vs Intel Core i5-520M | 1,086 (-37.2%) | |
| Intel Core i3-330M @ 2.13GHz vs Intel Core i5-520M | 1,030 (-40.4%) | |
| Intel Core i7-2620M @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-520M | 2,425 (+40.2%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,780 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | 8,901 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265 | 8,123 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | 8,017 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265H | 7,713 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900HX | 7,052 | |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 | 7,027 | |
| Intel Core 7 250H | 6,905 | |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 | 6,850 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900HX | 6,783 | |
| Intel Core i9-13980HX | 6,762 | |
| Intel Core i9-13950HX | 6,761 | |
| Intel Core i5-520M @ 2.40GHz | 255 |
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