Intel Core i5-520M: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i5-520M is a 2-core and 4-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 2400 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 395
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 862
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 1674
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 1073
- 3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
- 871
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-520M
- Frequency
- 2400 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 2930 MHz
- Cores
- 2
- Threads
- 4
- TDP
- 35 W
- GPU
- Intel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors
- Codename
- Arrandale
- Package
- BGA1288, PGA988

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 390
- Multi-Core Score
- 715
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- macOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G14033)
- Model
- MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2010)
- Model ID
- MacBookPro6,2
- Motherboard
- Apple Inc. Mac-F22586C8 MacBookPro6,2
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i5-520M
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 37 Stepping 2
- Base Frequency
- 2.40 GHz
- 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
- 8.00 GB
- Transfer Rate
- 1067 MT/s
- Type
- DDR3
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 390 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 398 |
| Integer Score | 385 |
| Floating Point Score | 398 |
| AES-XTS | 398 695.0 MB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 461 2.33 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 424 20.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 383 1.08 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 326 383.1 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 371 116.3 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 391 21.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 339 108.1 KB/sec |
| Clang | 396 3.08 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 393 4.55 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 278 348.2 Kpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 549 3402.3 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 305 16.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 451 3.47 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 390 9.61 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 677 33.2 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 728 9.92 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 485 389.2 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 315 2.83 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 345 11.0 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 188 7.28 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 715 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 728 |
| Integer Score | 694 |
| Floating Point Score | 758 |
| AES-XTS | 728 1.24 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 1028 5.20 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 767 36.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 747 2.11 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 568 666.5 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 607 190.2 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 625 33.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 583 185.8 KB/sec |
| Clang | 751 5.85 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 675 7.83 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 643 804.3 Kpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 1198 7421.4 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 620 34.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 876 6.75 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 856 21.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1079 52.9 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 1361 18.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 1042 836.7 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 497 4.46 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 652 20.8 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 268 10.4 images/sec |