Intel Core i5-4570T vs Intel Core i7-3540M

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-3540M

Price

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$ 149.95

$ 108.02

$ 41.93 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1353 points

1405 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2692 points

2845 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1004 points

1034 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

964 points

993 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

30.50 points

56% significantly higher Blender score

19.50 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1888 points

135% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

803 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

984 points

122% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

442 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2010 points

72% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1163 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1040 points

82% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

569 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.90 GHz

3 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

3.7 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

Identical

35 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

854th of 1,089

837th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May

2013 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-4570T vs Core i7-3540M comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3540M beats the Core i5-4570T in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-4570T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 i5-4570T. Also, the Core i7-3540M has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i5-4570T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.