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AMD C-50 vs Intel Core i5-2540M

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 15 %
AMD C-50
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-2540M
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 14 %
AMD C-50
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-2540M
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD C-50
AMD C-50 15 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
91
Intel Core i5-2540M
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
615
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD C-50
AMD C-50 11 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
162
Intel Core i5-2540M
2C / 4T · 2.60 GHz
1,414
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD C-50
AMD C-50 18 %
AMD Radeon HD 6250
45
Intel Core i5-2540M
Intel HD Graphics 3000
250
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD C-50
AMD C-50 10 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
73
Intel Core i5-2540M
2C / 4T · 2.60 GHz
723

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
AMD C-50Intel Core i5-2540M
FamilyAMD C (6)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupAMD C (6)Intel Core i 2000M (46)
ArchitectureOntario (Bobcat)Sandy Bridge H
Technology40 nm32 nm
SegmentNotebookNotebook
SocketBGA 413BGA 1023
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD C-50Intel Core i5-2540M
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 1.00 GHz 2.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache1.00 MB3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD C-50Intel Core i5-2540M
GPU nameAMD Radeon HD 6250Intel HD Graphics 3000
GPU frequency0.28 GHz0.65 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader1 / 8012 / 96
Raytracing
Max. displays22
Max. GPU Memory1 GB2 GB
Technology40 nm32 nm
Release dateQ4/2010Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

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AMD C-50Intel Core i5-2540M
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD C-50Intel Core i5-2540M
MemoryDDR3-1066 (8.5 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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AMD C-50Intel Core i5-2540M
TDP9 W35 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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AMD C-50Intel Core i5-2540M
Chip designUnknownMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE3, SSE4aSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release dateQ1/2011Q1/2011
Release price269 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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AMD C-50
AMD C-50
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
Intel Core i5-2540M
Intel Core i5-2540M
2C / 4T · 2.60 - 3.30 GHz

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