CPU upgrade i3 330m to i5 520m for Satellite Pro S500

[satfrx]

I just replaced the i3 330m in my Satellite Pro S500-115 and used a  i5 560M this CPU just works great.

This is a very affordable CPU on the second hand market. It gives a nice upgrade for about 15-20 USD

I wonder if we could take this machine any further, or is this the maximum we can fit in here?

Did not see anything faster on geekbench.
TOSHIBA Satellite Pro S500
Single-Core Score Multi-Core Score
2135 4191
Geekbench 4.1.2 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

[DeathBringer]

I wonder if we could take this machine any further, or is this the maximum we can fit in here?

i7-640M is best CPU for this laptop. But it's faster than i5-560M by 10% only.

[satfrx]

I wonder if we could take this machine any further, or is this the maximum we can fit in here?

i7-640M is best CPU for this laptop. But it's faster than i5-560M by 10% only.

The diference with the i3 330m seems quite a lot. Maybe like about 33% faster or something like this.

I thought I went from dual to quad core but they both are dual core..... The difference seems to be in the turbo boost technology. After the good old fashioned pentium cpu's I kind of got lost....

I wonder if a i7-840qm could be used. The power it uses however is quite a bit higer so that could get you into troubles.  I am not sure if this one is intended for use in a laptop computer. In the benchmarks it seems this does make some noticeble difference compared to the i5-560.
Maybe there are other downsides besides the higher power consumption.

If one sees the benchmarks between the i5-560m and the i7-640m the difference is not so big. One does pay about 3 times the price of the i5-560 I will stay with the i5 560m I guess.

It was fun to take this machine apart and have the feeling I made a major upgrade for only 15 Euro's

[satfrx]

I wish I ran geekbench before I upgraded if someone could run geekbench 4 on an original Satellite pro S500 withe i3 330m cpu it would be easier to compare.
There are some of them in the geekbench 3 list but I do nit know how they compare to geekbench 4 and having them in one list would be much nicer.

Now in gb4 I can only see my i5 compared to an i3 380 my score just seems just over double the i3 380 score.

[DeathBringer]

E.g. https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/2592514

[satfrx]

E.g. https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/2592514

This is not a bad score for the L500. I see L and #500 are about the same. The L however has a ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5165 where the S500 has an Intel® HM55.

In Geekbench I see  a few using i5 430m cpu these do not seem to have a better score as the i3 330m.

Anyway, I am happy with my i5 560m

[DeathBringer]

The L however has a ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5165 where the S500 has an Intel® HM55.

These both laptops are based on HM55 chipset. But your laptop uses internal CPU's graphics.