Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300 vs Intel Core i5-2540M

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket P Intel Socket G2 (988B)
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 45 nm 32 nm
Transistors unknown 624 million
Die size 2x 107 mm² 149 mm²
Package FC-PGA rPGA

Performance

Frequency 2.534 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 266 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 9.5x 26.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
Voltage 1.175 V
TDP 45 W 35 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Mobile Mobile
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Aug 1st, 2008 Feb 1st, 2011
Codename Penryn QC XE Sandy Bridge
Generation Core 2 Extreme Core i5
Part SLB5J SR044SR049
Memory support unknown DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No

Cores

Total Cores 4 2
Total Threads 4 4
SMP # CPUs 2 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD 3000

Cache

Cache L1 64K 64K (per core)
Cache L2 6MB (per die) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 3MB (shared)

Notes

Notes unlocked clock multiplier

Features & Technologies

AES-NI Yes
AVX Yes
EIST Yes Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
Smart Cache Yes
TXT Yes Yes
Turbo Boost Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes Yes
iAMT2 Yes

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