Intel Core i7-3540M vs AMD FX-870K

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1405 points

1430 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2845 points

4% slightly better gaming score

2728 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1034 points

1078 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

993 points

1035 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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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

3.6 GHz

20% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

837th of 1,089

830th of 1,089

Family

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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-3540M vs FX-870K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-870K is faster than the Core i7-3540M. Despite this, the Core i7-3540M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 FX-870K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3540M.

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.