AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i7-3540M

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 79.99
$ 28.03 significantly less expensive
$ 108.02

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3338 points
137% significantly better overall score
1405 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5184 points
82% significantly better gaming score
2845 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2778 points
168% significantly better multitasking score
1034 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2668 points
168% significantly better heavy workload score
993 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

64.62 points
231% significantly higher Blender score
19.50 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3735 points
365% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
803 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1114 points
152% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
442 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3681 points
216% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1163 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1109 points
94% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
569 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
Identical
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
35 W
85% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

499th of 1,089
837th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2013 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 1500X vs Core i7-3540M benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 1500X is faster than the Core i7-3540M. 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 Ryzen 5 1500X 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1500X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3540M. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i7-3540M outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1500X thanks to a 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 Ryzen 5 1500X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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