M1 (8C8G) vs Intel Core i3-540

M1 (8C8G)
Intel Core i3-540 $117
8 Cores
8 Threads
3.2GHz Clock
2 Cores
4 Threads
3.06GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
LGA 1156
iGPU
8-Core M1
2.62 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
No GPU
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GB6 Single-Core

  • 5.8x faster vs Core i3-540
  • 83% slower vs M1 (8C8G)
M1 (8C8G) - GB6S 2,380
x5.8
Core i3-540 - GB6S 410
x1

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 10.38x faster vs Core i3-540
  • 90% slower vs M1 (8C8G)
M1 (8C8G) - GB6M 8,615
x10.38
Core i3-540 - GB6M 830
x1
  • 3.21x faster vs Core i3-540
  • 69% slower vs M1 (8C8G)
M1 (8C8G) - 68.3GB/s
x3.21
Core i3-540 - 21.3GB/s
x1
  • 73% lower vs Core i3-540
  • 265% higher vs M1 (8C8G)
M1 (8C8G) - 20W
x1
Core i3-540 - 73W
x3.65
GB6S 2,380
59%
GB6S 410
10%
GB6M 8,615
32%
CB23S 1,500
58%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23M 7,720
18%
CB23M N/A
0%
Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Architecture
Apple Silicon 10
Architecture
Westmere
Family
M Series
Family
Core 1st Gen
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
Tonga
M1
P-Core
Firestorm
E-Core
Icestorm
Codename
Clarkdale
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-
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-
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
11/10/2020
Release Date
1/1/2010
Foundry
TSMC
-
Foundry
Intel
Intel (iGPU Die)
Node
N5
-
Node
32nm
45nm (iGPU Die)
Die Size
120 mm²
-
Die Size
81 mm²
114 mm² (iGPU Die)
Transistor Count
16 Billion
-
Transistor Count
382 Million
177 Million (iGPU Die)
Unknown
LGA 1156
8 Cores
4 P-Cores
4 E-Cores
2 Cores
-
-
8 Threads
4 P-Threads
4 E-Threads
4 Threads
-
-
P-Core
3.2GHz
-
-
3.06GHz
23x Multiplier
E-Core
2.06GHz
-
-
Overclocking
Locked
-
-
-
Overclocking
Locked
Voltage
0.65V Min
1.4V Max
Integrated Chipset
-
Type
DMI
-
-
Transfer Rate
2.5GT/s
-
-
Lanes
4
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-
Bandwidth
1.25GB/s
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-
Bi-directional
2.5GB/s
L1 Instruction
192KB/P-Core
6-way set associative
128KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
4-way set associative
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-
L1 Data
128KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
64KB/E-Core
2-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
-
-
L2
-
-
12MB Shared
12-way set associative
4MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
L2
256KB/Core
8-way set associative
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-
-
-
-
-
-
L3
4MB Shared
16-way set associative
8MB SLC Cache
-
Channels
2
Channels
2
Max Memory
16GB
Max Memory
16GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
2133MHz
Transfer Rate
4266MT/s
Clock
667MHz
Transfer Rate
1333MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
34.1GB/s
Bandwidth
68.3GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
10.7GB/s
Bandwidth
21.3GB/s
TDP
20W
TDP
73W
Temp
100°C Max
-
Temp
-
73°C TCase
Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Stock Cooler 115x-Al
PCIe 4.0 x4 Lanes
PCIe 2.0 x16 Lanes
8-Core M1
1024 Shaders
1278MHz
2.62 TFLOPS FP32
No GPU
-
-
- -
No NPU
16 Cores
-
11 TOPS FP16
-
No Cellular
No Cellular
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