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Intel Core i3-540 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 650

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-540
Rank 2 - 52 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 650
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-540
Rank 2 - 83 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 650
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-540
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz
478
Qualcomm Snapdragon 650
6C / 6T · 1.80 GHz
248
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-540
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz
1,141
Qualcomm Snapdragon 650
6C / 6T · 1.80 GHz
803
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-540
Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
35
Qualcomm Snapdragon 650
Qualcomm Adreno 510
154

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At a glance

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Intel Core i3-540Qualcomm Snapdragon 650
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU groupIntel Core i3 500 (4)Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 (3)
ArchitectureClarkdaleCortex-A72 / Cortex-A53
Technology32 nm28 nm
SegmentDesktopSmartphone / Tablet
SocketLGA 1156
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-540Qualcomm Snapdragon 650
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 46 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x
3.06 GHz
2x Cortex-A72
1.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Cortex-A53
1.40 GHz
L2-Cache0.50 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-540Qualcomm Snapdragon 650
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Westmere)Qualcomm Adreno 510
GPU frequency0.50 - 0.73 GHz0.60 - 0.60 GHz
CUs / Shader12 / 24 / 128
Raytracing
Max. displays20
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology32 nm14 nm
Release dateQ1/2010Q4/2015

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-540Qualcomm Snapdragon 650
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon V56
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-540Qualcomm Snapdragon 650
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (14.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB8 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesNo
PCIe2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-540Qualcomm Snapdragon 650
TDP73 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-540Qualcomm Snapdragon 650
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxAndroid
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ1/2010Q1/2016
Release price117 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-540
Intel Core i3-540
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 650
Qualcomm Snapdragon 650
6C / 6T · 1.80 GHz

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