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Intel Core i5-4590T vs Intel Core i7-3540M

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-4590T
Rank 2 - 91 %
Intel Core i7-3540M
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-4590T
Rank 2 - 67 %
Intel Core i7-3540M
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-4590T
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
917
Intel Core i7-3540M
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
697
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-4590T
4C / 4T · 2.50 GHz
2,776
Intel Core i7-3540M
2C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
1,502
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i5-4590T
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
709
Intel Core i7-3540M
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
751
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-4590T
4C / 4T · 2.50 GHz
2,231
Intel Core i7-3540M
2C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
1,647
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i5-4590T
Intel HD Graphics 4600
368
Intel Core i7-3540M
Intel HD Graphics 4000
333

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At a glance

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Intel Core i5-4590TIntel Core i7-3540M
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU groupIntel Core i 4000 (64)Intel Core i 3000M (29)
ArchitectureHaswell SIvy Bridge H
Technology22 nm22 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketLGA 1150BGA 1023
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x
Frequency: 2.00 GHz 3.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.00 GHz 3.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 2.50 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache6.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 4600Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.15 GHz0.65 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader20 / 16016 / 128
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory2 GB2 GB
Technology22 nm22 nm
Release dateQ2/2013Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryDDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3L-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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TDP35 W35 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release dateQ2/2014Q1/2013
Release price346 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-4590T
Intel Core i5-4590T
4C / 4T · 2.00 - 3.00 GHz
Intel Core i7-3540M
Intel Core i7-3540M
2C / 4T · 3.00 - 3.70 GHz

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