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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: 25.65
Overall Rank:
3761st fastest in multithreading out of 5790 CPUs
3469th fastest in single threading out of 5790 CPUs
848th fastest in out of 1610 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $70.00 USD (2024-08-07)
| Integer Math | 6,972 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 3,082 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 8 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 3,789 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 665.8 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 27,880 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 158 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 806 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,133 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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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 25,258 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,704 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,621 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 19,756 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 18,010 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 16,477 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,642 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,132 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,596 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,393 | |
| Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz | 1,796 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 55.27 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 50.01 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 30.40 | |
| Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz | 25.65 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.04 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple M4 10 Core | 4,516 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,886 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,676 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 3,504 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,023 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,003 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 2,887 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,615 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,587 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,391 | |
| Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz | 1,133 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3283181 - Feb 13 2026 | 1699 | |
| BL3260380 - Feb 03 2026 | 1365 | |
| BL3220830 - Jan 17 2026 | 1758 | |
| BL3165441 - Dec 26 2025 | 1944 | |
| BL3160917 - Dec 24 2025 | 1906 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz | 1,796 | |
| AMD A10-5750M APU vs Intel Core i5-540M | 2,040 (+13.6%) | |
| AMD A10-4600M APU vs Intel Core i5-540M | 1,949 (+8.5%) | |
| Intel Core i5-560M @ 2.67GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M | 1,894 (+5.5%) | |
| Intel Core i5-2450M @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M | 2,078 (+15.7%) | |
| Intel Core i5-2430M @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M | 2,019 (+12.4%) | |
| AMD A8-3520M APU vs Intel Core i5-540M | 1,421 (-20.9%) | |
| AMD A8-3500M APU vs Intel Core i5-540M | 1,387 (-22.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-520M @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M | 1,731 (-3.6%) | |
| 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 i5-2540M @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M | 2,350 (+30.9%) | |
| Intel Core i7-840QM @ 1.87GHz vs Intel Core i5-540M | 2,030 (+13.0%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,775 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX | 9,408 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | 8,990 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX | 8,984 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | 7,912 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX | 7,884 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265H | 7,759 | |
| Intel Core Ultra X9 388H | 7,303 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX | 7,301 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900HX | 6,904 | |
| AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 392 | 6,807 | |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 | 6,756 | |
| Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz | 260 |
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