Intel Core i7-3540M vs Intel Core i7-5600U

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs Intel 5th Generation Core i7 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-5600U

Price

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$ 108.02

$ 2324.98 significantly less expensive

$ 2433.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1405 points

33% slightly better overall score

1056 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2845 points

35% slightly better gaming score

2095 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1034 points

32% slightly better multitasking score

783 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

993 points

32% slightly better heavy workload score

750 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.50 points

26.29 points

34% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

803 points

1705 points

112% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

442 points

875 points

97% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1163 points

1765 points

51% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

569 points

926 points

62% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

15% slightly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

15% slightly higher turbo speed

3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

15 W

133% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

837th of 1,089

933rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

5th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 February

2015 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-3540M vs Core i7-5600U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3540M performs better than the Core i7-5600U. Despite this, the Core i7-5600U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3540M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5600U. Also, the Core i7-3540M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-5600U 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.