Intel Core i7-3540M vs Intel Core i7-860

Core i7-3540M vs Core i7-860 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-860 is faster than the Core i7-3540M. Despite this, the Core i7-3540M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-860 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-3540M. Indeed, the Core i7-860 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-3540M. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3540M. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3540M has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-860. Also, the Core i7-3540M has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3540M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-860 CPU because of its significantly 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.