Intel Core i5-4210H vs Intel Core i7-3540M

Core i5-4210H vs Core i7-3540M benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4210H beats the Core i7-3540M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3540M in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3540M has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4210H. Also, the Core i7-3540M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3540M outputs less heat than Core i5-4210H 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 i5-4210H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.