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Is the Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA1156
Clockspeed: 3.1 GHz
Cores: 2 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 73 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 4 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 540 @ 3.07GHz, Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 540 @ 3.07GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2010
CPUmark/$Price: 15.55
Overall Rank:
3329th fastest in multithreading out of 4898 CPUs
2680th fastest in single threading out of 4898 CPUs
1018th fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $98.95 USD (2024-11-27)
| Integer Math | 8,057 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 3,489 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 10 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 4,537 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 282.7 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 33,694 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 185 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 920 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,272 MOps/Sec |
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 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,996 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,470 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,112 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,596 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,083 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,887 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,258 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,746 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,570 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,153 | |
| Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz | 1,539 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 223.17 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 208.45 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 155.22 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 151.02 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 148.11 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.59 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 60.86 | |
| Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz | 15.55 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,620 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,160 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,028 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,902 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,686 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,361 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,928 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,567 | |
| Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz | 1,272 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2253539 - Nov 23 2024 | 1702 | |
| BL2243246 - Nov 12 2024 | 1574 | |
| BL2233553 - Oct 31 2024 | 1687 | |
| BL2233474 - Oct 31 2024 | 1717 | |
| BL2232845 - Oct 30 2024 | 1713 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz | 1,539 | |
| Intel Core2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,891 (+22.9%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X4 910 vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,776 (+15.5%) | |
| AMD Phenom 9450e Quad-Core vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,455 (-5.4%) | |
| AMD Athlon II X3 405e vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,331 (-13.5%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X3 B73 vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,538 (-0.1%) | |
| AMD Athlon II X3 415e vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,441 (-6.3%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X3 740 vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,424 (-7.4%) | |
| AMD Athlon 5150 APU vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,388 (-9.8%) | |
| Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,172 (-23.8%) | |
| Intel Core i3-2105 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,846 (+20.0%) | |
| Intel Core i3-560 @ 3.33GHz vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,662 (+8.0%) | |
| AMD Athlon II X3 425 vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,576 (+2.5%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,264 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 11,223 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,891 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,711 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,329 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 10,235 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,872 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF | 9,556 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,470 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,267 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,245 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 8,939 | |
| Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz | 373 |
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