Intel® Pentium® N3540

The Intel Pentium N3540 is a laptop processor with 4 cores and 4 threads, built on the Bay Trail architecture. It launched in Jul 2014. Clocks run from 2.16 GHz base to 2.7 GHz boost. A 2-MB L3 cache backs the cores (1.1 MB per core). It addresses DDR3L memory up to 8 GB across 2 channels. The chip drops into the FCBGA1170 socket and exposes PCIe 2.0 (4 lanes). Rated TDP is 7.5 W. Notable platform capabilities: VT-x (Hardware Virtualization).

The Intel Pentium N3540 scores 707 in single-core performance and 1,205 in multi-core performance (PassMark CPU Mark ratings). From those two ratings Feex computes 923 for overall performance, 1,773 for productivity performance, 1,935 for creator performance, 1,160 for engineering performance and 2,422 for gaming performance. Its multi-core throughput works out to 301 per core, 301 per thread and 161 per watt. Its computed efficiency index is 337. Its performance index is 11, so its overall performance is 89% below the Intel Core i5-12400 (index 100). Each bar shows the score as a share of a reference ceiling, which is the larger of the 99th-percentile score across the Feex CPU database and a fixed baseline.

Scores for individual PassMark CPU Mark test categories. Higher is better. These are measured test scores, not computed from the single-core and multi-core ratings.

In the individual workload tests the Intel Pentium N3540 scores 7,477 in integer math, 1,769 in floating-point math, 31,650 in compression, 327 in cryptography, 125 in physics simulation, 480 in vector SIMD, 5 in the prime sieve and 4,312 in sorting. Higher is better. Compared with the Intel Core i5-12400, it is 87% below in integer math, 96% below in floating-point math, 86% below in compression, 97% below in cryptography, 89% below in physics simulation, 97% below in vector SIMD, 93% below in the prime sieve and 81% below in sorting. Each bar shows the score as a share of that workload's reference ceiling, the larger of the 99th-percentile score across CPUs with a recorded value and a fixed baseline.

The Intel Pentium N3540 has 4 physical cores and runs 4 logical threads. It does not support simultaneous multithreading, so its thread count equals its core count. It runs at a base clock of 2.16 GHz and boosts up to 2.70 GHz.

The Intel Pentium N3540 is a laptop processor, belongs to the Intel Pentium family, uses the Bay Trail architecture, carries the codename Bay Trail and is manufactured on a 22 nm process. It launched in Jul 2014.

The Intel Pentium N3540 has 224 KB of L1 cache, 2 MB of L2 cache and 2 MB of L3 cache. That adds up to about 4.2 MB of cache, or 1.05 MB per core.

The Intel Pentium N3540 has a 3-level cache hierarchy: L1 at 224 KB, L2 at 2 MB and L3 at 2 MB. L2 is the largest level and makes up about 47% of the cache listed here.

The Intel Pentium N3540 supports DDR3L memory, addresses up to 8 GB of memory, uses 2 memory channels and runs memory at up to 1,333 MT/s. It does not support DDR5, DDR4 and LPDDR memory.

The Intel Pentium N3540 includes integrated graphics (Intel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 Series) and clocks the graphics up to 0.90 GHz.

The Intel Pentium N3540 uses the FCBGA1170 socket, supports PCI Express 2.0 and provides up to 4 PCIe lanes.

The Intel Pentium N3540 has a rated TDP of 8 W.

Instruction sets, security, virtualization, AI acceleration and OS readiness. Features are listed as supported, explicitly not supported, or not recorded; a feature that is not recorded is not the same as unsupported.

The Intel Pentium N3540 is also identified by the model number N3540.

Feex has recorded 59% of the specifications it tracks for the Intel Pentium N3540. Values Feex does not hold are shown as "Not recorded" rather than estimated.

Not recorded: Core Configuration: Performance Cores, Efficiency Cores, Hybrid Architecture, All-Core Boost and Unlocked Multiplier. Architecture & Generation: ISA Family and Market Status. Cache: L2 Cache (per Core) and L4 Cache. Memory Support: Memory Bandwidth and ECC Memory. Graphics: Execution Units, Display Outputs and Max Video Memory. Platform & Compatibility: Package and Package Size. Power & Thermals: Base Power, Maximum Turbo Power, Configurable TDP (Min), Configurable TDP (Max), Max Junction Temperature and Tcase. Physical & Manufacturing: Transistor Count, Die Size, Die Count, Foundry and Launch Price. Naming & Aliases: Normalized Name, SKU, Processor Number and Part Number.

Processors that use the same FCBGA1170 socket as the Intel Pentium N3540 and have the closest multi-core scores in the Feex database include Intel Celeron N3160, Intel Celeron N3150, Intel Pentium A1020, Intel Celeron J3160 and Intel Pentium J2900.