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Intel Core i5-7500 vs Intel Core i3-540
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i5-7500
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
Intel Core i3-540
37 %
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-7500
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
Intel Core i3-540
26 %
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i5-7500
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
Intel Core i3-540
50 %
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-7500
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
Intel Core i3-540
37 %
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core i5-7500
100 %
Intel HD Graphics 630
Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-7500
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
Intel Core i3-540
43 %
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz
More benchmarks
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
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-7500 | Intel Core i3-540 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i5 (336) | Intel Core i3 (205) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 7000 (17) | Intel Core i3 500 (4) |
| Architecture | Kaby Lake S | Clarkdale |
| Technology | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 1151 | LGA 1156 |
| Predecessor | Intel Core i5-6500 | |
| Successor | Intel Core i5-8500 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Core i5-7500 | Intel Core i3-540 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 2 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 4x | 2x |
| Frequency: | 3.40 GHz | 3.06 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.80 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.60 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 0.50 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 6.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Core i5-7500 | Intel Core i3-540 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics 630 | Intel HD Graphics (Westmere) |
| GPU frequency | 0.35 - 1.10 GHz | 0.50 - 0.73 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 24 / 192 | 12 / 24 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 2 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 64 GB | 2 GB |
| Technology | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Release date | Q2/2016 | Q1/2010 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core i5-7500 | Intel Core i3-540 |
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| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Core i5-7500 | Intel Core i3-540 |
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| Memory | DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s) | DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 64 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 16 | 2.0 x 16 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s | 8.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core i5-7500 | Intel Core i3-540 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 65 W | 73 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Intel Core i5-7500 | Intel Core i3-540 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 |
| Release date | Q1/2017 | Q1/2010 |
| Release price | 220 $ | 117 $ |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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