Intel Core i7-2640M: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i7-2640M is a 2-core and 4-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 2800 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 593
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 1283
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 2432
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 1486
- 3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
- 1439
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-2640M
- Frequency
- 2800 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 3500 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
- 591
- Multi-Core Score
- 1413
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- macOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G14042)
- Model
- MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011)
- Model ID
- MacBookPro8,1
- Motherboard
- Apple Inc. Mac-94245B3640C91C81 MacBookPro8,1
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i7-2640M
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
- Base Frequency
- 2.80 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
- 4.00 MB x 1
Memory Information
- Size
- 8.00 GB
- Transfer Rate
- 1333 MT/s
- Type
- DDR3
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 591 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 645 |
| Integer Score | 553 |
| Floating Point Score | 665 |
| AES-XTS | 645 1.10 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 621 3.14 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 589 27.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 598 1.69 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 439 515.1 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 531 166.3 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 549 29.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 529 168.5 KB/sec |
| Clang | 563 4.38 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 582 6.75 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 552 690.3 Kpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 787 4872.8 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 556 30.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 657 5.06 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 617 15.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1091 53.5 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 1104 15.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 734 589.3 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 461 4.13 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 586 18.7 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 484 18.7 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 1413 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1658 |
| Integer Score | 1322 |
| Floating Point Score | 1570 |
| AES-XTS | 1658 2.83 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 1810 9.15 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 1352 63.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 1589 4.48 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 1010 1.19 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 1177 368.7 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 1281 69.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 1275 406.3 KB/sec |
| Clang | 1327 10.3 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 1233 14.3 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 1404 1.76 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 2186 13545.1 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 1247 68.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 1641 12.6 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 1623 40.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 2381 116.8 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 2593 35.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 2080 1.67 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 1002 8.97 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 1320 42.2 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 826 31.9 images/sec |