Intel Core i3-10110U vs Intel Core i7-3540M

Core i3-10110U vs Core i7-3540M benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-10110U beats the Core i7-3540M in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-3540M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3540M has a much higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-10110U. Despite this, the Core i3-10110U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-10110U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3540M CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-10110U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.