Intel Core i5-540M: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i5-540M is a 2-core and 4-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 2530 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 412
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 891
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 1763
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 1156
- 3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
- 970
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-540M
- Frequency
- 2530 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 3070 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
- 411
- Multi-Core Score
- 997
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- macOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G14042)
- Model
- MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2010)
- Model ID
- MacBookPro6,2
- Motherboard
- Apple Inc. Mac-F22586C8 MacBookPro6,2
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i5-540M
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 37 Stepping 2
- Base Frequency
- 2.53 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 | 411 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 444 |
| Integer Score | 394 |
| Floating Point Score | 442 |
| AES-XTS | 444 775.7 MB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 333 1.69 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 419 19.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 321 905.0 KTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 307 360.0 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 420 131.6 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 480 26.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 398 126.7 KB/sec |
| Clang | 443 3.45 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 468 5.43 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 232 290.3 Kpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 497 3078.1 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 318 17.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 515 3.96 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 468 11.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 767 37.6 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 881 12.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 579 464.8 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 394 3.53 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 404 12.9 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 227 8.78 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 997 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1084 |
| Integer Score | 980 |
| Floating Point Score | 1019 |
| AES-XTS | 1084 1.85 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 1333 6.74 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 1057 50.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 1008 2.84 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 813 955.1 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 919 288.0 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 989 53.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 867 276.3 KB/sec |
| Clang | 1021 7.95 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 898 10.4 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 740 926.0 Kpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 1525 9449.3 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 816 44.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 1156 8.90 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 1176 29.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1403 68.8 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 1963 26.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 1412 1.13 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 784 7.03 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 758 24.2 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 425 16.4 images/sec |