Intel i5 560M vs i5 2520M

[qpnl]

Hello,

I am trying to see if the i5-2520M is worth the upgrade from the i5-560M.

Intel® Core™ i5-2520M Processor (3M Cache, up to 3.20 GHz)
Intel® Core™ i5-560M Processor (3M Cache, 2.66 GHz)

Here is the link for the two.
Compare Intel® Products

Thank you.

qpnl

[Tyree]

IMO, no.

[qpnl]

Beside the 2.66GHz vs 2.5GHz, everything looks good for the Sandy Bridge.

[this-IT-guy]

I agree with Tyree not worth the upgrade my friend.

[A1tecice]

I agree with the above advice, Nothing stopping you Overclocking though.

[qpnl]

Thank you for the responses.

As I look at the two chips, I am starting to think that it is actually a downgrade going from i5-560M to i5-2530M.

Am I seeing this correctly?

[Masterchiefxx17]

You can't really count it as a downgrade since its only a .1 GHz differnce. There almost identical processors.

[Wrench97]

They are not interchangeable if that's what you're asking they use different chipsets, the Sandybridge I and Sandybridge II are different CPU's with II having HD3000 video and faster memory interconnect speeds and bus speeds.