Intel Core i5-2520M

The Intel Core i5-2520M is a high-end dual-core processor which was introduced during the first quarter of 2011. The Intel Core i5-2520M is based on Sandy Bridge architecture and offers HyperThreading technology in order to handle 4 threads at once. This second generation Core i5 processor has 128 KB Level 1 Cache, 512 KB Level 2 Cache, and 3MB level 3 cache and features a base clock speed of 2.5 GHz but because of TurboBoost technology its speed can increase up to 3 GHz when 2 cores are active and 3.2 GHz when only 1 core is active.

The Intel Core i5-2520M dual-core processor features integrated graphics controller called Intel HD Graphics 3000 which is clearly faster than the older Intel HD Graphics. Since the graphics controller is integrated in the CPU it shares the fast level 3 cache with the CPU cores. This integrated graphics controller is clocked from 650 to 1300MHz with Turbo Boost.

The Intel Core i5-2520M has a PassMark rating of 3586, which is quite faster compared to its sibling Core i5-2410M with a rating of 3350. This processor has a TDP rating of 35W.

The table below shows the Core i5-2520M processors' performance in terms of PassMark rating. The higher the rating, the better the performance of the processor.

Processors	Passmark Rating
Intel Atom N435	246
Intel Atom N280	315
AMD E-240	317
Intel Atom N450	318
Intel Atom N455	321
AMD C-50	453
Intel Atom N550	567
AMD C-60	592
AMD E-300	595
Intel Atom N570	646
AMD E-350 APU	725
AMD E-450	768
Intel Core i3 380UM	1305
AMD Athlon II P360	1348
AMD A4-3310MX	1417
Celeron B800	1454
AMD Turion II P540	1497
Pentium T4500	1546
Pentium P6200	1624
Pentium P6300	1679
Intel Core i3-2367M	1842
AMD E2-3000M	1857
Intel Pentium B950	1976
Intel Core i5-2467M	2371
AMD A4-3300M	2196
intel Core i3-370M	2220
Intel Core i3 380M	2313
Intel Core i5-2557M	2590
Intel Core i5 460M	2612
Intel Core i3 2310M	2619
Intel Core i5 560M	2671
Intel Core i7 620M	2794
Intel Core i3 2330M	2803
Intel Core i3-2350M	3084
AMD A6-3410MX APU	3157
AMD A8-3500M	3166
Intel Core i7-2677M	3176
Intel Core i7 720QM	3294
Intel Core i5 2410M	3350
AMD A8-3510MX	3359
AMD A8-3530MX	3431
Intel Core i5 2430M	3484
AMD A6-3400M	3539
Intel Core i5-2520M	3586
Intel Core i7 2620M	3907
Intel Core i7 2640M	4209
Intel Core i7 2675QM	6144
Intel Core i7 2630QM	6334
Intel Core i7 2635QM	6574
Intel Core i7 2670QM	6804
Intel Core i7 2720QM	7040
Intel Core i7 2820QM	7495
Intel Core i7 2760QM	7586
Intel Core i7 2920XM	7680
Intel Core i7 2860QM	8012
Intel Core i7 2960XM	8861