Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz

Price and performance details for the Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

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Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: BGA1288

Clockspeed: 2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.1 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 35 W

Cache Size: L1: 256 KB, L2: 1.0 MB, L3: 3 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 540 @ 2.53GHz, Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 540 @ 2.53GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 11.92

Overall Rank: 2758

Last Price Change: $150.00 USD (2023-05-14)

Average CPU Mark

1789

Single Thread Rating: 1154
Samples: 1154*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,428
Thread: 1,144

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz

Integer Math	7,040 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,099 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,864 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	674.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	28,085 KBytes/Sec
Physics	161 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	761 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,154 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 28th of September 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 23rd of September 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 23rd of September 2023.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Panasonic Winxp (WIN7 Coa), Intel Core I5 540M 2.53GHZ, Vpro, 15.4 Wuxga, 250GB, 2GB, 512M

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 28th of September 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,067
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		21,184
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,810
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,693
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,487
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,251
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		12,046
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,976
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,918
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U		7,003
Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz		1,789

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 28th of September 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		52.68
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		32.10
Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz		11.92
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.43
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 3500U		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 28th of September 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,960
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,844
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,715
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,103
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,062
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,706
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,681
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,625
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,453
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U		1,956
Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz		1,154

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1904589 - Sep 15 2023		2103
BL1853859 - Jul 05 2023		1980
BL1850813 - Jul 01 2023		512
BL1850020 - Jun 30 2023		1894
BL1836036 - Jun 09 2023		1752

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz
As of 28th of September 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz		1,789
AMD Phenom II N930 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i5-540M		1,584 (-11.5%)
AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i5-540M		1,662 (-7.1%)
AMD Phenom II N950 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i5-540M		1,558 (-12.9%)
Intel Core i7-640M @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M		2,056 (+15.0%)
Intel Core i3-4010U @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M		1,651 (-7.7%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9000 @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M		1,552 (-13.2%)
Intel Core i5-430M @ 2.27GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M		1,193 (-33.3%)
Intel Core i3-330M @ 2.13GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M		1,019 (-43.0%)
Intel Core i7-2620M @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M		2,438 (+36.3%)
Intel Core i7-620M @ 2.67GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M		1,987 (+11.1%)
AMD A10-5750M APU vs Intel Core i5-540M		1,983 (+10.9%)
Intel Celeron N3450 @ 1.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M		1,982 (+10.8%)

Is the Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 28th of September 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-13950HX		7,170
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,919
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,629
Intel Core i9-13905H		6,571
Intel Core i7-13850HX		6,239
Intel Core i9-13900HK		6,155
Intel Core i7-13800H		5,934
Intel Core i9-13900H		5,924
Intel Core i7-13620H		5,896
Intel Core i9-12900HK		5,788
Intel Core i5-13600HX		5,738
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX		5,736
Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz		584

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