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Intel Core i3-540 vs Intel Core i5-1030G4
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
Intel Core i5-1030G4
100 %
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4
More benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Intel Core i3-540 | Intel Core i5-1030G4 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i3 (205) | Intel Core i5 (336) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i3 500 (4) | Intel Core i 1000G/10000U (19) |
| Architecture | Clarkdale | Ice Lake U |
| Technology | 32 nm | 10 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | LGA 1156 | BGA 1526 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Core i3-540 | Intel Core i5-1030G4 |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 4 | 4 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x | 4x |
| Frequency: | 3.06 GHz | 0.70 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.50 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.00 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 0.50 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | 6.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Core i3-540 | Intel Core i5-1030G4 |
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| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics (Westmere) | Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 |
| GPU frequency | 0.50 - 0.73 GHz | 0.30 - 1.05 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 12 / 24 | 48 / 384 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 32 GB |
| Technology | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2010 | Q3/2019 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core i3-540 | Intel Core i5-1030G4 |
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| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Core i3-540 | Intel Core i5-1030G4 |
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| Memory | DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s) | LPDDR4-3733 (59.6 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 16 | 3.0 x 16 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 8.0 GB/s | 15.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core i3-540 | Intel Core i5-1030G4 |
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| TDP | 73 W | 9 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 12 W | |
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Intel Core i3-540 | Intel Core i5-1030G4 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Release date | Q1/2010 | Q3/2019 |
| Release price | 117 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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