i5-2537M vs Phenom II X3 P840

Athlon II P320 Athlon II P340 Athlon II P360 Phenom II X3 N830 Phenom II X4 N930 Phenom II X4 N970 Phenom II X4 P960 Turion II P520 Turion II P540 V-Series V120 V-Series V140 V-Series V160
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Core i3-2310M Core i3-2330M Core i3-2350M Core i5-2410M Core i5-2430M Core i5-2450M Core i5-2520M Core i5-2540M Core i7-2630QM Core i7-2640M Core i7-2670QM Pentium B960

Aggregate performance score

Phenom II X3 P840
2010
3 cores / 3 threads, 25 Watt
0.82
+6.5%
Core i5-2537M
2011
2 cores / 4 threads, 17 Watt
0.77

Phenom II X3 P840 outperforms Core i5-2537M by a small 6% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

Phenom II X3 P840 Phenom II X3 P840
i5-2537M i5-2537M

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X3 P840 and Core i5-2537M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25822631
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series3x AMD Phenom IIIntel Core i5
Power efficiency3.104.29
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date4 October 2010 (14 years ago)1 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$250

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X3 P840 and Core i5-2537M basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores3 (Tri-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads34
Base clock speedno data1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed1.9 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rate3600 MHz4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data14
L1 cache384 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1.5 MB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data149 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data624 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X3 P840 and Core i5-2537M compatibility with other computer components: 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketS1BGA1023,FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 P840 and Core i5-2537M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsVirtualization, AMD64, Advanced Virus Protection, SSE(1,2,3,4a)Intel® AVX
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
VirusProtect+-
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Phenom II X3 P840 and Core i5-2537M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Identity Protection-+
Anti-Theftno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 P840 and Core i5-2537M are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 P840 and Core i5-2537M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8.01 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics 3000
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data900 MHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Phenom II X3 P840 and Core i5-2537M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X3 P840 and Core i5-2537M.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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.

Phenom II X3 P840 0.82
+6.5%
i5-2537M 0.77

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Phenom II X3 P840 4425
i5-2537M 5903
+33.4%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Phenom II X3 P840 27.7
i5-2537M 24.9
+11.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 0.82 0.77
Recency 4 October 2010 1 February 2011
Physical cores 3 2
Threads 3 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 17 Watt

Phenom II X3 P840 has a 6.5% higher aggregate performance score, and 50% more physical cores.

i5-2537M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 months, 33.3% more threads, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 47.1% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Phenom II X3 P840 and Core i5-2537M.

Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X3 P840 and Core i5-2537M, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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