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Intel Core i5-2540M vs Intel Pentium E5200

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-2540M
Rank 2 - 57 %
Intel Pentium E5200
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-2540M
Rank 2 - 45 %
Intel Pentium E5200
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-2540M
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
559
Intel Pentium E5200
2C / 2T · 2.50 GHz
329
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-2540M
2C / 4T · 2.60 GHz
1,216
Intel Pentium E5200
2C / 2T · 2.50 GHz
541
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i5-2540M
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
615
Intel Pentium E5200
2C / 2T · 2.50 GHz
343
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-2540M
2C / 4T · 2.60 GHz
1,414
Intel Pentium E5200
2C / 2T · 2.50 GHz
626
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-2540M
2C / 4T · 2.60 GHz
723
Intel Pentium E5200
2C / 2T · 2.50 GHz
400

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i5-2540MIntel Pentium E5200
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Pentium (150)
CPU groupIntel Core i 2000M (46)Intel Pentium E5000/E6000 (13)
ArchitectureSandy Bridge HWolfdale (Penryn)
Technology32 nm45 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketBGA 1023LGA 775
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-2540MIntel Pentium E5200
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 42 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x Penryn
Frequency: 2.60 GHz 2.50 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache2.00 MB
L3-Cache3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-2540MIntel Pentium E5200
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 3000no iGPU
GPU frequency0.65 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader12 / 96 /
Raytracing
Max. displays2
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology32 nm
Release dateQ1/2011

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i5-2540MIntel Pentium E5200
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-2540MIntel Pentium E5200
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-2540MIntel Pentium E5200
TDP35 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-2540MIntel Pentium E5200
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVXMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
Release dateQ1/2011Q3/2008
Release price269 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-2540M
Intel Core i5-2540M
2C / 4T · 2.60 - 3.30 GHz
Intel Pentium E5200
Intel Pentium E5200
2C / 2T · 2.50 GHz

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