Intel Core i7-3540M vs Intel Core i7-4810MQ

Core i7-3540M vs Core i7-4810MQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3540M beats the Core i7-4810MQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4810MQ in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-4810MQ has significantly more cores with 3 cores whereas the Core i7-3540M has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3540M. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3540M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4810MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4810MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3540M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4810MQ CPU because of its slightly 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 i7-3540M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.