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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: 25.63
Overall Rank:
3320th fastest in multithreading out of 4890 CPUs
2672nd fastest in single threading out of 4890 CPUs
1016th fastest in out of 1398 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $60.00 USD (2024-09-01)
| Integer Math | 8,058 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 3,488 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 10 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 4,537 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 282.6 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 33,685 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 185 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 920 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,272 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 59,005 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,472 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,113 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,594 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,077 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,887 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,259 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,747 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,568 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,156 | |
| Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz | 1,538 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 273.92 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 208.45 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 172.34 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 155.33 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 147.52 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.58 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 60.46 | |
| Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz | 25.63 | |
| 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 | 4,161 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,028 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,903 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,835 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,687 | |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2243246 - Nov 12 2024 | 1574 | |
| BL2233553 - Oct 31 2024 | 1687 | |
| BL2233474 - Oct 31 2024 | 1717 | |
| BL2232845 - Oct 30 2024 | 1713 | |
| BL2222825 - Oct 18 2024 | 2173 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1,858 (+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 | 1,781 (+15.8%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X3 720 vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,575 (+2.4%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs Intel Core i3-540 | 2,640 (+71.7%) | |
| 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 (+45.5%) | |
| 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 (+31.3%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,240 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 11,301 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,891 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,715 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,330 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 10,235 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,873 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF | 9,663 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,486 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,267 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,254 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 8,942 | |
| Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz | 373 |
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