Intel Core i7-11700F vs Intel Core i3-540

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6925 points
567% significantly better overall score
1037 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9033 points
336% significantly better gaming score
2070 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6267 points
714% significantly better multitasking score
769 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6107 points
726% significantly better heavy workload score
739 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.87 points
1009% significantly higher Blender score
14.86 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8326 points
917% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
818 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1997 points
417% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
386 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8656 points
935% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
836 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2120 points
424% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
404 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
300% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
300% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.06 GHz
22% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
12% slightly lower TDP
73 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
25% slightly more pcie lanes
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
236% significantly more supported memory
38 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

209th of 1,114
961st of 1,114

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2010 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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