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Intel Core i3-8100H vs Intel Core i3-540

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-8100H
Rank 2 - 58 %
Intel Core i3-540
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-8100H
Rank 2 - 44 %
Intel Core i3-540
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-8100H
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
825
Intel Core i3-540
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz
478
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-8100H
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
2,626
Intel Core i3-540
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz
1,141
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-8100H
Intel UHD Graphics 630
384
Intel Core i3-540
Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
35

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At a glance

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Intel Core i3-8100HIntel Core i3-540
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core i 8000H (6)Intel Core i3 500 (4)
ArchitectureCoffee Lake HClarkdale
Technology14 nm32 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketBGA 1440LGA 1156
PredecessorIntel Core i3-7100H
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-8100HIntel Core i3-540
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x
Frequency: 3.00 GHz 3.06 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache0.50 MB
L3-Cache6.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-8100HIntel Core i3-540
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 630Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.00 GHz0.50 - 0.73 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19212 / 24
Raytracing
Max. displays32
Max. GPU Memory64 GB2 GB
Technology14 nm32 nm
Release dateQ4/2017Q1/2010

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-8100HIntel Core i3-540
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-8100HIntel Core i3-540
MemoryDDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesYes
PCIe3.0 x 162.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-8100HIntel Core i3-540
TDP45 W73 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down35 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-8100HIntel Core i3-540
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ3/2018Q1/2010
Release price225 $117 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-8100H
Intel Core i3-8100H
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
Intel Core i3-540
Intel Core i3-540
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz

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