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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: 25.64
Overall Rank:
3331st fastest in multithreading out of 4901 CPUs
2683rd fastest in single threading out of 4901 CPUs
1018th fastest in out of 1399 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $60.00 USD (2024-11-29)
Integer Math | 8,051 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 3,488 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 10 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 4,536 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 282.6 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 33,673 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 185 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 920 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 1,271 MOps/Sec |
Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,998 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,470 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,109 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,596 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,085 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,888 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,257 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,746 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,569 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,152 | |
Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz | 1,538 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 208.45 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 197.20 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 148.20 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 145.39 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 132.58 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.59 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.48 | |
Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz | 25.64 | |
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 | 3,469 | |
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 | 1,271 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2259213 - Nov 29 2024 | 1437 | |
BL2253539 - Nov 23 2024 | 1702 | |
BL2243246 - Nov 12 2024 | 1574 | |
BL2233553 - Oct 31 2024 | 1687 | |
BL2233474 - Oct 31 2024 | 1717 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz | 1,538 | |
AMD Athlon II X3 425 vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,576 (+2.5%) | |
Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,859 (+20.8%) | |
AMD Phenom II X3 B75 vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,781 (+15.8%) | |
AMD Phenom 9750 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,843 (+19.8%) | |
Intel Core2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHz vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,775 (+15.4%) | |
AMD Phenom II X3 720 vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,575 (+2.4%) | |
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs Intel Core i3-540 | 2,644 (+71.9%) | |
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i3-540 | 2,250 (+46.3%) | |
AMD Athlon II X4 635 vs Intel Core i3-540 | 2,237 (+45.4%) | |
AMD Athlon II X4 630 vs Intel Core i3-540 | 2,157 (+40.2%) | |
AMD Phenom II X4 820 vs Intel Core i3-540 | 2,081 (+35.3%) | |
AMD Athlon II X4 620 vs Intel Core i3-540 | 2,019 (+31.2%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,266 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 11,058 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,890 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,681 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,329 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,872 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,751 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF | 9,664 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,510 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,267 | |
Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,237 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 8,929 | |
Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz | 373 |