Intel Core i5-5200U vs Intel Core i3-540

Core i5-5200U vs Core i3-540 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-5200U performs better than the Core i3-540. Despite this, the Core i3-540 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-540 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-5200U. A Core i5-5200U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-540 CPU because of its 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 i5-5200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.