Intel Core i5-2410M vs Intel Core i5-2520M

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-2520M

Price

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$ 42.12

$ 26.88 significantly less expensive

$ 69.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

950 points

979 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1767 points

1873 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

729 points

738 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

701 points

708 points

1.00% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

12.13 points

12.81 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

867 points

915 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

450 points

462 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

851 points

929 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

429 points

467 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.30 GHz

2.5 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

2.9 GHz

3.2 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

Identical

35 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB

Identical

16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

967th of 1,089

955th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-2410M vs Core i5-2520M benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-2520M is faster than the Core i5-2410M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2410M in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-2520M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2410M. Also, the Core i5-2520M has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-2410M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.