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Intel Core i7-3540M vs Intel Core i3-7100

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 - 67 %

Intel Core i7-3540M

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-7100

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 69 %

Intel Core i7-3540M

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-7100

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

697

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

1,225

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

1,502

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

2,436

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

2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

751

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

973

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

2C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

1,647

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

2,076

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 4000

333

Intel HD Graphics 630

422

More benchmarks

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

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-3540M	Intel Core i3-7100
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU group	Intel Core i 3000M (29)	Intel Core i 7000 (17)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge H	Kaby Lake S
Technology	22 nm	14 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket	BGA 1023	LGA 1151
Predecessor		Intel Core i3-6100
Successor		Intel Core i3-8100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-3540M	Intel Core i3-7100
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	2 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	2x
Frequency:	3.00 GHz	3.90 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	4.00 MB	3.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-3540M	Intel Core i3-7100
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 4000	Intel HD Graphics 630
GPU frequency	0.65 - 1.30 GHz	0.35 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	16 / 128	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	64 GB
Technology	22 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q1/2011	Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-3540M	Intel Core i3-7100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-3540M	Intel Core i3-7100
Memory	DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3L-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-3540M	Intel Core i3-7100
TDP	35 W	51 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-3540M	Intel Core i3-7100
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, AVX	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q1/2013	Q1/2017
Release price	346 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-3540M is 3.7 stars (3 ratings), while Intel Core i3-7100 has received 3.9 stars (47 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

★★★★★