Intel Core i3-540 vs Intel Pentium Gold 7505

Core i3-540 vs Pentium Gold 7505 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Pentium Gold 7505 performs better than the Core i3-540. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-540 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. The Pentium Gold 7505 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.

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 i3-540 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.