Intel Core i7-3540M vs AMD Athlon X4 840

What is the difference between Intel Core i7-3540M and AMD Athlon X4 840. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

643Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score478
1433Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1419
2856PassMark CPU Mark Rating3305
1758PassMark Single Thread Rating1493
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score1536

Processor Specs

Intel Core i7-3540MProcessorAMD Athlon X4 840
3000 MHzFrequency3100 MHz
3700 MHzMaximum Frequency3800 MHz
2Cores4
4Threads4
35 WTDP65 W
Intel HD Graphics 4000GPU
Ivy BridgeCodenameKaveri
FCBGA1023, FCPGA988PackageSocket FM2+ (906)

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

632Single-Core Score475
1614Multi-Core Score606
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemLinux Mint 20.2
SIEMENS AG SIMATIC Field PG M4ModelGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To be filled by O.E.M.
SIEMENS AG A5E31759447MotherboardGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. F2A68HM-S1
SIMATIC PGPower Plan

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i7-3540MNameAMD Athlon X4 840
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 48 Stepping 1
2.99 GHzBase Frequency3.10 GHz
3691 MHzMaximum Frequency
Socket 988B rPGAPackage
Ivy BridgeCodename
32.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache96.0 KB x 2
32.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache16.0 KB x 4
256 KB x 2L2 Cache2.00 MB x 2
4.00 MB x 1L3 Cache

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize7.78 GB
798 MHzFrequency
DDR3 SDRAMType
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

632Single-Core Score475
726Crypto Score878
600Integer Score533
687Floating Point Score 283
726
1.24 GB/sec
AES-XTS878
1.50 GB/sec
644
3.26 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)546
2.76 MB/sec
736
34.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression661
31.3 Mpixels/sec
647
1.83 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)522
1.47 MTE/sec
435
510.7 KElements/sec
HTML5544
638.6 KElements/sec
571
178.9 Krows/sec
SQLite629
197.2 Krows/sec
629
34.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering530
28.7 Mpixels/sec
610
194.2 KB/sec
Text Rendering463
147.6 KB/sec
592
4.61 Klines/sec
Clang615
4.79 Klines/sec
582
6.75 images/sec
Camera356
4.13 images/sec
488
610.4 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics214
268.3 Kpairs/sec
668
4141.0 FPS
Rigid Body Physics262
1625.2 FPS
589
32.4 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur148
8.11 Mpixels/sec
619
4.76 images/sec
Face Detection365
2.81 images/sec
660
16.3 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection259
6.38 Mpixels/sec
939
46.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting588
28.8 Mpixels/sec
1205
16.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR807
11.0 Mpixels/sec
797
640.3 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing316
254.1 Kpixels/sec
547
4.90 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion223
2.00 Kpixels/sec
720
23.0 Words/sec
Speech Recognition200
6.39 Words/sec
582
22.5 images/sec
Machine Learning181
7.00 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1614Multi-Core Score606
1641Crypto Score936
1579Integer Score669
1684Floating Point Score 413
1641
2.80 GB/sec
AES-XTS936
1.59 GB/sec
1980
10.0 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)606
3.07 MB/sec
1938
91.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression793
37.5 Mpixels/sec
1605
4.53 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)624
1.76 MTE/sec
1256
1.48 MElements/sec
HTML5703
826.0 KElements/sec
1357
425.2 Krows/sec
SQLite892
279.5 Krows/sec
1723
93.5 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering697
37.8 Mpixels/sec
1563
498.0 KB/sec
Text Rendering488
155.4 KB/sec
1510
11.8 Klines/sec
Clang714
5.56 Klines/sec
1426
16.5 images/sec
Camera584
6.76 images/sec
1704
2.13 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics324
405.7 Kpairs/sec
2016
12492.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics485
3002.6 FPS
1322
72.7 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur537
29.5 Mpixels/sec
1613
12.4 images/sec
Face Detection370
2.85 images/sec
1825
45.0 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection291
7.17 Mpixels/sec
2520
123.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting497
24.4 Mpixels/sec
2986
40.7 Mpixels/sec
HDR842
11.5 Mpixels/sec
2124
1.71 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing525
421.3 Kpixels/sec
1213
10.9 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion320
2.87 Kpixels/sec
1342
42.9 Words/sec
Speech Recognition303
9.68 Words/sec
889
34.4 images/sec
Machine Learning309
12.0 images/sec