Processor Intel Core i3-540, specifications and benchmarks

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 500
• Family
  Intel Core i3
• Generation
  1
• Name
  Intel Core i3-540
• Predecessor
  —
• Segment
  Desktop / Server
• Successor
  —

• A-Core
  —
• B-Core
  —
• Base Frequency
  3.06 GHz
• C-Core
  —
• Core architecture
  normal
• CPU Cores
  2
• CPU Threads
  4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes
• Overclocking
  No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo

• DirectX Version
  10.1
• Execution units
  12
• Generation
  5
• GPU Frequency
  500 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
• GPU Turbo
  730 MHz
• Max. displays
  2
• Max. GPU Memory
  —
• Release date
  Q1/2010
• Shader
  24
• Technology
  32 nm

• AV1
  No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No
• JPEG
  No
• VC-1
  No
• VP8
  No
• VP9
  No

• ECC
  Yes
• Max. Memory
  —
• Memory channels
  2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1066DDR3-1333
• PCIe
  2.0 x 16

• AES-NI
  No

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  —
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  73 W
• TDP (PL2)
  —
• TDP down
  —
• TDP up
  —

• Architecture
  Clarkdale
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L2-Cache
  —
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB
• Part Number
  —
• Release date
  Q1/2010
• Socket
  LGA 1156
• Technology
  32 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT

Common positions Intel Core i3-540 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

• iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
  1678 place