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| Intel Core i5 540M vs i3 370M |
Released January, 2010
Intel Core i5 540M
- 2.53 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Intel Core i5 540M
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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Supports trusted computing | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Allows for safer, more reliable computing | |||
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CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the Core i3 370M vs the Core i5 540M. | |||||||
Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i5 540M vs i3 370M
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark
Core i5 540M
1,616
Core i3 370M
1,526
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core i5 540M
3,870
Core i3 370M
3,161
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core i5 540M
1,927
Core i3 370M
1,452
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core i5 540M
1,400,000 MB/s
Core i3 370M
101,000 MB/s
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core i5 540M
3,761
Core i3 370M
3,009
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core i5 540M
4,052
Core i3 370M
3,419
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Core i5 540M
2,449
Core i3 370M
2,023
PassMark (Single Core)
Core i5 540M
1,093
Core i3 370M
916
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core i5 540M | vs | i3 370M |
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Clock speed | 2.53 GHz | 2.4 GHz | |
Cores | Dual core | Dual core | |
Socket type | |||
BGA 1288 | |||
rPGA 988A | |||
Is unlocked | No | No | |
features | |||
Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
Supports trusted computing | Yes | No | |
Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
Instruction set extensions | |||
SSE2 | |||
MMX | |||
SSE4 | |||
SSE3 | |||
EM64T | |||
SSE | |||
SSE4.1 | |||
SSE4.2 | |||
Supplemental SSE3 | |||
AES | |||
Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
TDP | 35W | 35W | |
Annual home energy cost | 8.43 $/year | 8.43 $/year | |
Performance per watt | 14.03 pt/W | 3.12 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 28.44W | 28.44W | |
bus | |||
Architecture | DMI | DMI | |
Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
Transfer rate | 2,500 MT/s | 2,500 MT/s |
details | Core i5 540M | vs | i3 370M |
---|---|---|---|
Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
Threads | 4 | 4 | |
L2 cache | 0.5 MB | 1 MB | |
L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 0.5 MB/core | |
L3 cache | 3 MB | 3 MB | |
L3 cache per core | 1.5 MB/core | 1.5 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 32 nm | 32 nm | |
Transistor count | 382,000,000 | 382,000,000 | |
Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
Clock multiplier | 19 | 18 | |
overclocking | |||
Overclocked clock speed | 3.03 GHz | 2.48 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.53 GHz | 2.4 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.03 GHz | 2.48 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
GPU | GPU | GPU | |
Label | Intel® HD Graphics | Intel® HD Graphics | |
Number of displays supported | 2 | 2 | |
GPU clock speed | 500 MHz | 500 MHz | |
Turbo clock speed | 766 MHz | 667 MHz | |
memory controller | |||
Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
Memory type | |||
DDR3-1066 | |||
DDR3-800 | |||
DDR3 | |||
Channels | Dual Channel | Dual Channel | |
Supports ECC | No | No | |
Maximum bandwidth | 17,066.66 MB/s | 17,066.66 MB/s | |
Maximum memory size | 8,192 MB | 8,192 MB |
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