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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: 25.61
Overall Rank:
3388th fastest in multithreading out of 5149 CPUs
3146th fastest in single threading out of 5149 CPUs
799th fastest in out of 1491 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $70.00 USD (2024-08-07)
| Integer Math | 6,971 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 3,085 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 8 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 3,800 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 670.5 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 27,893 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 158 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 791 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,137 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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Intel Core i5 Mobile i5-540M 2.5 GHz 988 Pin SLBTV Dell HP ThinkPad EliteBook... |
$66.87 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,150 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,839 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 20,070 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 18,258 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 16,732 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,651 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,145 | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 11,653 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,697 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,547 | |
| Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz | 1,793 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 50.81 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 30.90 | |
| Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz | 25.61 | |
| 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 | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,048 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,027 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 2,915 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,646 | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,631 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,599 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,407 | |
| Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz | 1,137 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2690399 - Jun 12 2025 | 1809 | |
| BL2690383 - Jun 12 2025 | 1808 | |
| BL2690320 - Jun 12 2025 | 1458 | |
| BL2662673 - May 30 2025 | 2061 | |
| BL2622135 - May 13 2025 | 2121 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz | 1,793 | |
| AMD A10-5750M APU vs Intel Core i5-540M | 2,061 (+14.9%) | |
| AMD A10-4600M APU vs Intel Core i5-540M | 1,943 (+8.4%) | |
| Intel Core i5-560M @ 2.67GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M | 1,902 (+6.1%) | |
| Intel Core i5-2450M @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M | 2,088 (+16.4%) | |
| Intel Core i5-2430M @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M | 2,003 (+11.7%) | |
| AMD A8-3520M APU vs Intel Core i5-540M | 1,453 (-19.0%) | |
| AMD A8-3500M APU vs Intel Core i5-540M | 1,394 (-22.3%) | |
| Intel Core i5-520M @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M | 1,730 (-3.5%) | |
| Intel Core i3-3110M @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M | 1,650 (-8.0%) | |
| AMD A8-3510MX APU vs Intel Core i5-540M | 1,631 (-9.0%) | |
| AMD Phenom II P920 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i5-540M | 1,006 (-43.9%) | |
| Intel Core i7-2620M @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M | 2,425 (+35.3%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,763 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | 8,867 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265 | 8,165 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | 8,121 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265H | 7,674 | |
| 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 | 6,846 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900HX | 6,783 | |
| Intel Core i9-13980HX | 6,770 | |
| Intel Core i9-13950HX | 6,758 | |
| Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz | 260 |
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