Intel Core i5-2540M: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i5-2540M is a 2-core and 4-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 2600 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 554
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 1204
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 2296
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 1387
- 3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
- 1347
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-2540M
- Frequency
- 2600 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 3300 MHz
- Cores
- 2
- Threads
- 4
- TDP
- 35 W
- GPU
- Intel HD Graphics 3000
- Codename
- Sandy Bridge
- Package
- FCBGA1023, PPGA988

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 531
- Multi-Core Score
- 1089
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
- Model
- Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 8460p
- Motherboard
- Hewlett-Packard 161C
- Power Plan
- Ultimate Performance
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i5-2540M
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
- Base Frequency
- 2.59 GHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 3292 MHz
- Package
- Socket 988B rPGA
- Codename
- Sandy Bridge
- L1 Instruction Cache
- 32.0 KB x 2
- L1 Data Cache
- 32.0 KB x 2
- L2 Cache
- 256 KB x 2
- L3 Cache
- 3.00 MB x 1
Memory Information
- Size
- 4.00 GB
- Frequency
- 532 MHz
- Type
- DDR3 SDRAM
- Channels
- 2
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 531 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 445 |
| Integer Score | 528 |
| Floating Point Score | 553 |
| AES-XTS | 445 777.6 MB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 560 2.83 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 675 31.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 490 1.38 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 530 621.7 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 430 134.6 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 475 25.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 562 179.0 KB/sec |
| Clang | 573 4.46 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 490 5.68 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 327 408.7 Kpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 649 4018.7 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 383 21.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 616 4.74 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 555 13.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 797 39.1 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 1177 16.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 739 593.3 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 380 3.40 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 431 13.8 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 472 18.2 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 1089 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1472 |
| Integer Score | 1044 |
| Floating Point Score | 1122 |
| AES-XTS | 1472 2.51 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 1215 6.14 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 1218 57.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 1020 2.88 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 1112 1.31 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 960 300.7 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 1048 56.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 951 302.9 KB/sec |
| Clang | 1016 7.92 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 906 10.5 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 866 1.08 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 1523 9436.5 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 1044 57.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 1059 8.15 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 1236 30.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1525 74.8 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 2025 27.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 1465 1.18 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 841 7.53 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 890 28.5 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 583 22.5 images/sec |