Intel Core i3-540 vs Intel Core i3-4330TE

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1037 points
4% slightly better overall score
993 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2070 points
3% slightly better gaming score
1996 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

769 points
4% slightly better multitasking score
734 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

739 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
704 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.06 GHz
27% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

73 W
35 W
108% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

38 GiB
18% slightly more supported memory
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

963rd of 1,116
974th of 1,116

Family

The product line

Core
4th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2010 February
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Core i3-540 vs Core i3-4330TE specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-540 is faster than the Core i3-4330TE. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4330TE in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-540 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-4330TE. The Core i3-4330TE outputs less heat than Core i3-540 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-540 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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