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Is the Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Laptop
Socket: BGA1288
Clockspeed: 2.5 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.1 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 540 @ 2.53GHz, Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 540 @ 2.53GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2010
CPUmark/$Price: 25.66
Overall Rank:
3238th fastest in multithreading out of 4989 CPUs
2987th fastest in single threading out of 4989 CPUs
754th fastest in out of 1447 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $70.00 USD (2024-08-07)
| Integer Math | 7,018 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 3,100 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 8 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 3,817 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 673.8 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 28,018 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 159 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 785 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,148 MOps/Sec |
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Panasonic Winxp (WIN7 Coa), Intel Core I5 540M 2.53GHZ, Vpro, 15.4 Wuxga, 250GB, 2GB, 512M |
$2299.99 (www.amazon.com)
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Panasonic Toughbook CF-31 Rugged Notebook PC with Core i5, 500GB HDD, 4GB RAM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Windows 7 Pro |
$2339.99 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,113 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,958 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 20,263 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 18,406 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 16,867 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,621 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,148 | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 11,755 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,759 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,669 | |
| Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz | 1,797 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 51.30 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 31.29 | |
| Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz | 25.66 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.21 | |
| 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 | 3,903 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,682 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,061 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,038 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 2,931 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,665 | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,646 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,607 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,415 | |
| Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz | 1,148 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2398369 - Feb 07 2025 | 923 | |
| BL2389448 - Feb 04 2025 | 1330 | |
| BL2383694 - Feb 01 2025 | 2039 | |
| BL2353947 - Jan 19 2025 | 1641 | |
| BL2351266 - Jan 18 2025 | 2044 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz | 1,797 | |
| AMD A10-5750M APU vs Intel Core i5-540M | 2,047 (+13.9%) | |
| AMD A10-4600M APU vs Intel Core i5-540M | 1,945 (+8.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-560M @ 2.67GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M | 1,913 (+6.5%) | |
| Intel Core i5-2450M @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M | 2,079 (+15.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-2430M @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M | 2,003 (+11.5%) | |
| AMD A8-3520M APU vs Intel Core i5-540M | 1,452 (-19.2%) | |
| AMD A8-3500M APU vs Intel Core i5-540M | 1,399 (-22.1%) | |
| Intel Core i5-520M @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M | 1,724 (-4.0%) | |
| Intel Core i3-3110M @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M | 1,642 (-8.6%) | |
| AMD A8-3510MX APU vs Intel Core i5-540M | 1,631 (-9.2%) | |
| AMD Phenom II P920 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i5-540M | 1,006 (-44.0%) | |
| Intel Core i7-2620M @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M | 2,433 (+35.4%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | 8,144 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900HX | 7,100 | |
| Intel Core i9-13950HX | 6,899 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900HX | 6,853 | |
| Intel Core i9-13980HX | 6,804 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D | 6,517 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX | 6,302 | |
| Intel Core i7-14700HX | 6,184 | |
| Intel Core i7-13850HX | 6,183 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX | 6,180 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900HK | 6,010 | |
| Intel Core i9-13905H | 5,899 | |
| Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz | 261 |
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