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Intel Core i3-540 vs Intel Core i3-6300T

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 49 %
Intel Core i3-540
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6300T
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 46 %
Intel Core i3-540
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6300T
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-540
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz
470
Intel Core i3-6300T
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
1,150
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-540
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz
952
Intel Core i3-6300T
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
2,353
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-540
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz
478
Intel Core i3-6300T
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
825
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-540
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz
1,141
Intel Core i3-6300T
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
1,940
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-540
Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
35
Intel Core i3-6300T
Intel HD Graphics 530
365

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At a glance

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Intel Core i3-540Intel Core i3-6300T
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core i3 500 (4)Intel Core i 6000 (24)
ArchitectureClarkdaleSkylake S
Technology32 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1156LGA 1151
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i3-7300T

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads2 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 3.06 GHz 3.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache0.50 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Westmere)Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency0.50 - 0.73 GHz0.35 - 0.95 GHz
CUs / Shader12 / 2424 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory2 GB32 GB
Technology32 nm14 nm
Release dateQ1/2010Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesYes
PCIe2.0 x 163.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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TDP73 W35 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-540Intel Core i3-6300T
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ1/2010Q3/2015
Release price117 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-540
Intel Core i3-540
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz
Intel Core i3-6300T
Intel Core i3-6300T
2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

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