Intel Core i5-540UM: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Core i5-540UM sales 24 May 2010 at a recommended price of $250. This is an Arrandale architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2000 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is BGA1288 processor with a TDP of 18 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

Primary details

Core i5-540UM processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking	2738
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i5
Architecture codename	Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date	24 May 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$250	of 17,906 (tray) (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4
Base clock speed	1.2 GHz	of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	of 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
Bus type	DMI 1.0
Bus rate	1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplier	9	of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache	128 KB	of 7475.2 KB (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache	512 KB	of 86016 KB (EPYC 9634)
L3 cache	3 MB	of 1179648 KB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography	32 nm	of 0.18 µm (K6-2+/450ACZ)
Die size	81+114 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	of 110 °C (Core Ultra 9 185H)
Number of transistors	382+177 Million	of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-540UM compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
Socket	BGA1288
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i5-540UM. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+
FMA	+
vPro	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+
Turbo Boost Technology	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	+
Idle States	+
Thermal Monitoring	+
Flex Memory Access	+
PAE	36 Bit
FDI	+
Fast Memory Access	+
Status	Discontinued

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+
EDB	+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d	+
VT-x	+
EPT	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i5-540UM's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	of 6 TiB (EPYC 9654)
Max memory channels	2	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth	12.799 GB/s	of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9654)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core i5-540UM.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors
Clear Video	+
Clear Video HD	+
Graphics max frequency	500 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-540UM's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported

2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version	2.0	of 5.0 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
PCI Express lanes	16	of 128 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i5-540UM. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Closest competitors

Core i5-540UM's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook CPUs.

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