Intel Core i7-3540M vs Intel Core i3-1115G4E

Core i7-3540M vs Core i3-1115G4E benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-1115G4E beats the Core i7-3540M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3540M in all gaming tests too.

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 i3-1115G4E. Despite this, the Core i3-1115G4E has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-1115G4E outputs less heat than Core i7-3540M thanks to a 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 i7-3540M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.