Processor Intel Core i3-540, specifications and benchmarks

General information about the processor Intel Core i3-540

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

Intel Core i3-540 Processor performance parameters, CPU capabilities

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

Built-in graphics chip characteristics

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
• GPU frequency
  0.50 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.73 GHz
• Execution units
  12
• Shader
  24
• Max. GPU Memory
  --
• Max. displays
  2
• Generation
  5
• Direct X
  10.1
• Technology
  32 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2010

Built-in support for video and image compression standards

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No
• h264
  Decode
• VP8
  No
• VP9
  No
• AV1
  No
• AVC
  Decode
• VC-1
  No
• JPEG
  No

Technical characteristics of supported memory, PCI bus

• Memory type
  DDR3-1066DDR3-1333
• Max. Memory
• Memory channels
  2
• ECC
  Yes
• PCIe
  2.0 x 16
• AES-NI
  No

• TDP (PL1)
  73 W
• TDP (PL2)
  --
• TDP up
  --
• TDP down
  --
• Tjunction max.
  --

Technical capabilities of the processor, information

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

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

• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
  1164 place
• iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
  1733 place