Desktop
Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz
Multicore performance
1,563
Single-core performance
1,262
Estimated price
$30
Last price change 2026-06-30
Processor specifications
Normalized fields from the source detail page.
- Class
- Desktop
- Socket
- LGA1156
- Base clock
- 3.1 GHz
- Turbo clock
- Not listed
- Cores
- 2
- Threads
- 4
- Typical TDP
- 73 W
- Release / first seen
- Q1 2010
Cache per CPU package
Source values are kept verbatim to preserve package multipliers.
- L1 Instruction Cache
- 2 x 32 KB
- L1 Data Cache
- 2 x 32 KB
- L2 Cache
- 2 x 256 KB
- L3 Cache
- 4 MB