Linus Tech Tips

Intel Core i3 540 CPU LGA1156 Dual Core Processor Unboxing & First Look (2010x17)

Air date: Jan 22, 2010

What's special about this CPU is that it's a dual core, but the performance of each individual core is very similar to the "old" Core i5 quad cores and Core i7 quad cores. The Core i3 and Core i5 dual cores also feature high clock speeds for great performance in single threaded or dual threaded applications. Don't forget these CPUs have onboard video now too!!