CPU Performance Comparison

Performance of selected CPUs can be found below. The values for the CPU are determined from thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first section will show basic information for each CPU selected.
The first graph shows the CPU Mark values of each CPU selected.
The second graph, if price data is available, will shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.

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	Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz	Intel Core i7-2640M @ 2.80GHz
Price	$272¹	$185.97 BUY NOW!
Socket Type	PGA988B	BGA1023
CPU Class	Laptop	Laptop
Clockspeed	2.5 GHz	2.8 GHz
Turbo Speed	Up to 3.2 GHz	Up to 3.5 GHz
# of Physical Cores	2 (2 logical cores per physical)	2 (2 logical cores per physical)
Max TDP	35W	35W
First Seen on Chart	Q1 2011	Q4 2011
# of Samples	2832	984
Single Thread Rating	1494	1599
CPU Mark	3568	3932

¹ - Last seen price from our affiliates NewEgg.com & Amazon.com.

CPU Mark Rating
As of 26th of June 2017 - Higher results represent better performance
Intel Core i7-2640M @ 2.80GHz	3,932
Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz	3,568
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CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price)
As of 26th of June 2017 - Higher results represent better value
Intel Core i7-2640M @ 2.80GHz	21.15
Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz	13.12
PassMark Software © 2008-2017

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