Intel Core i7-3540M vs Intel Core i7-930

Core i7-3540M vs Core i7-930 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-930 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-930 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i7-3540M that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3540M. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3540M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-930. Also, the Core i7-3540M has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3540M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-930 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-3540M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.