It runs at a clock speed of 2.4GHz and with the turbo boost feature it is capable of running at up to 2.933GHz. It retains the same set of features available on the 520M, this includes built in integrated graphics, enhanced speed step, hyper-threading, virtualisation, and idle states. Like the rest of the Core i5 and i3 mobile processor line, the i5-520E is manufactured using the 32nm process, resulting in a cooler running processor with lower power consumption that previous generations (Core 2 Duo).