Intel Core i5-7200U vs Intel Core i7-3540M

Core i5-7200U vs Core i7-3540M comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3540M is faster than the Core i5-7200U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7200U 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3540M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7200U. Also, the Core i7-3540M has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7200U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3540M CPU because of its significantly 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 i5-7200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.