Intel Core i5-450M @ 2.40GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Core i5-450M can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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Is the Intel Core i5-450M @ 2.40GHz Good for Gaming?

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Intel Core i5-450M @ 2.40GHz

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: PGA988A

Clockspeed: 2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed: 2.7 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 35 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 3 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 450 @ 2.40GHz, Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 450 @ 2.40GHz, Intel Core i5 CPU M 450 @ 2.40GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 39.03

Overall Rank:
3680th fastest in multithreading out of 5038 CPUs
3257th fastest in single threading out of 5038 CPUs
884th fastest in out of 1455 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: $31.95 USD (2016-08-27)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1247

Single Thread Rating

1047

Samples: 640*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,102
Thread: 1,020

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Core i5-450M @ 2.40GHz

Integer Math	6,481 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,886 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,648 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	229.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	26,965 KBytes/Sec
Physics	156 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	737 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,047 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Core i5-450M @ 2.40GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 25th of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of March 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,125
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,924
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,160
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,344
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,820
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,639
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,725
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,728
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,632
Intel Core i5-450M @ 2.40GHz		1,247

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		51.04
Intel Core i5-450M @ 2.40GHz		39.03
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.17
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.18
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,054
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,036
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,926
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,660
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,642
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,604
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,411
Intel Core i5-450M @ 2.40GHz		1,047

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Core i5-450M @ 2.40GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2503222 - Mar 23 2025		1463
BL2479130 - Mar 13 2025		1401
BL2456215 - Mar 04 2025		1114
BL2446233 - Feb 27 2025		1507
BL2370366 - Jan 27 2025		1454

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Core i5-450M @ 2.40GHz
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i5-450M @ 2.40GHz		1,247
Intel Core i3-370M @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-450M		1,165 (-6.5%)
Intel Core i3-350M @ 2.27GHz vs Intel Core i5-450M		1,085 (-13.0%)
AMD Phenom II P960 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i5-450M		1,404 (+12.6%)
AMD Phenom II N850 Triple-Core vs Intel Core i5-450M		1,318 (+5.7%)
AMD A6-3400M APU vs Intel Core i5-450M		1,221 (-2.1%)
AMD Phenom II N620 Dual-Core vs Intel Core i5-450M		992 (-20.5%)
Intel Core i3-390M @ 2.67GHz vs Intel Core i5-450M		1,292 (+3.6%)
AMD A6-4400M APU vs Intel Core i5-450M		1,000 (-19.8%)
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Core i5-450M		994 (-20.3%)
AMD A4-4300M APU vs Intel Core i5-450M		992 (-20.4%)
Intel Core i5-460M @ 2.53GHz vs Intel Core i5-450M		1,309 (+5.0%)
Intel Core i3-2310M @ 2.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-450M		1,217 (-2.4%)

Is the Intel Core i5-450M @ 2.40GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,353
Intel Core Ultra 7 265		8,049
AMD RYZEN AI MAX 390 w/ Radeon 8050S		7,249
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,074
Intel Core 7 250H		6,905
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,835
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,818
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,791
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,539
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX		6,302
Intel Core i7-14700HX		6,178
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX		6,158
Intel Core i5-450M @ 2.40GHz		250

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