Intel i5-2500K BX80623I52500K User Manual

Product codes
BX80623I52500K
Page of 110
Datasheet, Volume 1
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Power Management
4.5
DMI Power Management
• Active power management support using L0s/L1 state.
4.6
Graphics Power Management
4.6.1
Intel
®
 Rapid Memory Power Management (RMPM) (also 
know as CxSR)
The Intel
®
 Rapid Memory Power Management puts rows of memory into self refresh 
mode during C3/C6 to allow the system to remain in the lower power states longer. 
Desktop processors routinely save power during runtime conditions by entering the C3, 
C6 state. Intel
®
 RMPM is an indirect method of power saving that can have a significant 
effect on the system as a whole. 
4.6.2
Intel
®
 Graphics Performance Modulation 
Technology(GPMT)
Intel
®
 Graphics Power Modulation Technology (Intel GPMT) is a method for saving 
power in the graphics adapter while continuing to display and process data in the 
adapter. This method will switch the render frequency and/or render voltage 
dynamically between higher and lower power states supported on the platform based 
on render engine workload. 
In products where Intel
®
 Graphics Dynamic Frequency (also known as Turbo Boost 
Technology) is supported and enabled, the functionality of Intel
®
 GPMT will be 
maintained by Intel
®
 Graphics Dynamic Frequency (also known as Turbo Boost 
Technology). 
4.6.3
Graphics Render C-State
Render C-State (RC6) is a technique designed to optimize the average power to the 
graphics render engine during times of idleness of the render engine. Render C-state is 
entered when the graphics render engine, blitter engine and the video engine have no 
workload being currently worked on and no outstanding graphics memory transactions. 
When the idleness condition is met, the Integrated Graphics will program the VR into a 
low voltage state (~0.4 V) through the SVID bus.
4.6.4
Intel
®
 Smart 2D Display Technology (Intel
®
 S2DDT) 
Intel S2DDT reduces display refresh memory traffic by reducing memory reads 
required for display refresh. Power consumption is reduced by less accesses to the IMC. 
S2DDT is only enabled in single pipe mode.
Intel S2DDT is most effective with:
• Display images well suited to compression, such as text windows, slide shows, and 
so on. Poor examples are 3D games.
• Static screens such as screens with significant portions of the background showing 
2D applications, processor benchmarks, and so on, or conditions when the 
processor is idle. Poor examples are full-screen 3D games and benchmarks that flip 
the display image at or near display refresh rates.