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Core i5-2540M vs Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Core i5-2540M vs Ryzen 9 7950X3D: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 7950X3D outperforms Core i5-2540M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 7950X3D is 4355 days newer than Core i5-2540M.

Advantages of Core i5-2540M

  • Consumes up to 71% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - 35 vs 120 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 7950X3D

  • Performs up to 19% better in Rocket League than Core i5-2540M - 805 vs 675 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-2540M - 32 vs 4 threads
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Rocket League

Rocket League

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High Quality

Intel Core i5-2540M Logo
Core i5-2540M

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2011


FPS

675

84%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023


FPS

805

100%

Value, $/FPS

$0.93/FPS

100%

Price, $

$744.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X3D 16-Core, 32-Thread Desktop Processor

Buy for $744.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 221 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High Quality

Intel Core i5-2540M Logo
Core i5-2540M

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2011

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-2540M Logo
Core i5-2540M

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2011


Single-Core

494

17%

Multi-Core

990

5%

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023


Single-Core

2918

100%

Multi-Core

19633

100%

Intel Core i5-2540M Logo

Core i5-2540M

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Logo

Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Feb 1st, 2011Release Date
Jan 4th, 2023
Core i5CollectionRyzen 9
Sandy BridgeCodenameRaphael
Intel Socket G2 (988B)SocketAMD Socket AM5
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
16
4Threads
32
2.6 GHzBase Clock Speed
4.2 GHz
3.3 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
5.7 GHz
35 W
TDP120 W
32 nmProcess Size
5 nm
26.0xMultiplier
42.0x
Intel HD 3000Integrated GraphicsRadeon Graphics
NoOverclockable
Yes

PCs Using Core i5-2540M or Ryzen 9 7950X3D

With selected game settings

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