Intel Core i7-3540M vs AMD Athlon X4 760K

Core i7-3540M vs Athlon X4 760K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3540M performs better than the Athlon X4 760K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon X4 760K 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 Athlon X4 760K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3540M.

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 i7-3540M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.