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Intel Core i3-540 vs Intel Core i5-14400F

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 22 %

Intel Core i3-540

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-14400F

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 8 %

Intel Core i3-540

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-14400F

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz

470

10C / 16T · 4.70 GHz

2,557

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz

952

10C / 16T · 2.50 GHz

13,682

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

2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz

478

10C / 16T · 4.70 GHz

1,842

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

2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz

1,141

10C / 16T · 2.50 GHz

12,551

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

2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz

685

10C / 16T · 2.50 GHz

6,631

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

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 i5-14400F
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Core i5 (336)
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 i5-13400F
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-540	Intel Core i5-14400F
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	10 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x 3.06 GHz	6x Raptor Cove 2.50 - 4.70 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Gracemont 1.80 - 3.50 GHz
L2-Cache	0.50 MB	9.50 MB
L3-Cache	4.00 MB	20.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-540	Intel Core i5-14400F
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.50 - 0.73 GHz
CUs / Shader	12 / 24	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	2
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
Technology	32 nm
Release date	Q1/2010

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-540	Intel Core i5-14400F
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-540	Intel Core i5-14400F
Memory	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)	DDR5-5600 (89.6 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 i5-14400F
TDP	73 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)		148 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-540	Intel Core i5-14400F
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 $	196 $
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 i5-14400F has received 4.0 stars (149 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i3-540
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-14400F
10C / 16T · 2.50 - 4.70 GHz

★★★★★