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Intel Core i5-2540M @ 2.60GHz

Multicore performance
2,347
Single-core performance
1,394
Estimated price
$65

Last price change 2025-07-05

Processor specifications
Normalized fields from the source detail page.
Class
Laptop
Socket
BGA1023
Base clock
2.6 GHz
Turbo clock
3.3 GHz
Cores
2
Threads
4
Typical TDP
35 W
Release / first seen
Q4 2010
Cache per CPU package
Source values are kept verbatim to preserve package multipliers.
L1 Instruction Cache
2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache
2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache
2 x 256 KB
L3 Cache
3 MB