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Intel Core i3-540 vs Intel Core i3-14100

Last updated: 2026-06-07

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 19 %

Intel Core i3-540

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-14100

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 13 %

Intel Core i3-540

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-14100

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz

470

4C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

2,498

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz

952

4C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

8,720

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)

Intel UHD Graphics 730

576

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz

685

4C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

3,625

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-540	Intel Core i3-14100
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU group	Intel Core i3 500 (4)	Intel Core i 14000 (34)
Architecture	Clarkdale	Raptor Lake S Refresh
Technology	32 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1156	LGA 1700
Predecessor		Intel Core i3-13100
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-540	Intel Core i3-14100
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	4x Golden Cove
Frequency:	3.06 GHz	3.50 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):		4.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache	0.50 MB	5.00 MB
L3-Cache	4.00 MB	12.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-540	Intel Core i3-14100
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)	Intel UHD Graphics 730
GPU frequency	0.50 - 0.73 GHz	0.30 - 1.50 GHz
CUs / Shader	12 / 24	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	2	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	64 GB
Technology	32 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q1/2010	Q1/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-540	Intel Core i3-14100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-540	Intel Core i3-14100
Memory	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	16 GB	192 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	2.0 x 16	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-540	Intel Core i3-14100
TDP	73 W	60 W
TDP (PL2)		89 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-540	Intel Core i3-14100
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✗	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q1/2010	Q1/2024
Release price	117 $	134 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i3-540 is 4.3 stars (7 ratings), while Intel Core i3-14100 has received 4.0 stars (70 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i3-540
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i3-14100
4C / 8T · 3.50 - 4.70 GHz

★★★★★