Intel Core i5-2450M vs Intel Core i7-640M

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel BGA 1023 Intel Socket G1
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 32 nm 32 nm
Transistors 624 million 384 million
Die size 149 mm² 81 mm²
Package rPGA rPGA

Performance

Frequency 2.5 GHz 2.8 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.467 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 25.0x 21.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 35 W 35 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Mobile Mobile
Production status unknown End-of-life
Release date Jan 1st, 2012 Sep 1st, 2010
Codename Sandy Bridge Arrandale
Generation Core i5 Core i7
Part SR0CH SLBTN
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

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

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 3MB (shared) 4MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

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

Notes

Notes 177M GPU Transistors

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