Which one of the central processing units is better: Intel Core i7-8700 or Intel Core i7-3540M? On this page we compare the technical data and benchmark results of different CPUs.
The Intel Core i7-8700 has 6 cores and 12 threads with maximum working frequency of 4.60 GHz. The Intel Core i7-8700 was released on Q4/2017.
The Intel Core i7-3540M has 2 cores with 12 threads and 4.60 GHz of frequency. The Intel Core i7-3540M was released on Q1/2013.