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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: 6.71
Overall Rank:
3565th fastest in multithreading out of 5149 CPUs
2892nd fastest in single threading out of 5149 CPUs
1072nd fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $230.00 USD (2023-05-26)
Integer Math | 8,019 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 3,492 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 10 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 4,493 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 284.6 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 33,603 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 184 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 936 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 1,265 MOps/Sec |
Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,662 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,302 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,018 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,152 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,861 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,483 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,166 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,705 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,649 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,145 | |
Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz | 1,542 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 227.01 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 186.44 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 168.81 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 152.50 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 136.19 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 128.37 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.23 | |
Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz | 6.71 | |
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 | 4,610 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,139 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,900 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,837 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,477 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,921 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 | |
Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz | 1,265 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2693657 - Jun 13 2025 | 1737 | |
BL2693620 - Jun 13 2025 | 1709 | |
BL2689417 - Jun 11 2025 | 1685 | |
BL2689141 - Jun 11 2025 | 1730 | |
BL2682352 - Jun 08 2025 | 2280 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz | 1,542 | |
AMD Phenom 9150e Quad-Core vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,427 (-7.4%) | |
AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,884 (+22.1%) | |
Intel Core i3-550 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,625 (+5.4%) | |
AMD Athlon II X3 435 vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,633 (+5.9%) | |
AMD Phenom II X4 810 vs Intel Core i3-540 | 2,008 (+30.2%) | |
Intel Core i3-530 @ 2.93GHz vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,508 (-2.2%) | |
AMD Phenom II X3 705e vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,222 (-20.7%) | |
AMD Phenom II X4 805 vs Intel Core i3-540 | 2,001 (+29.7%) | |
AMD Athlon II X3 445 vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,804 (+17.0%) | |
AMD Athlon II X4 600e vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,795 (+16.4%) | |
AMD Athlon II X3 440 vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,719 (+11.5%) | |
AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i3-540 | 1,712 (+11.0%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,499 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,153 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,305 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,842 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,587 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,486 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,277 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,806 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,768 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,656 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,518 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,493 | |
Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz | 370 |