Intel Core i5-4200H vs Intel Core i7-3540M

Core i5-4200H vs Core i7-3540M specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3540M performs better than the Core i5-4200H. Despite this, the Core i5-4200H 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3540M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4200H. Also, the Core i7-3540M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3540M outputs less heat than Core i5-4200H thanks to a slightly 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 i5-4200H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.