Pentium N3540 vs Atom Z500
Aggregate performance score
Pentium N3540 outperforms Atom Z500 by a whopping 393% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3625 | 2988 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 0.03 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Atom | Intel Pentium |
| Power efficiency | 9.09 | 3.88 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Silverthorne (2008−2010) | Bay Trail-M (2013−2014) |
| Release date | 2 April 2008 (18 years ago) | 22 May 2014 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $45 | $251 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Atom Z500 and Pentium N3540 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 1 (Single-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.16 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 0.8 GHz | 2.66 GHz |
| Bus type | FSB | no data |
| Bus rate | 400 MT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 8 | no data |
| L1 cache | 56 KB | 224 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 2 MB L2 Cache |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 22 nm |
| Die size | 24.18 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 47 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | 0.80 -1.1V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Atom Z500 and Pentium N3540 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | PBGA441 | FCBGA1170 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 0.65 Watt | 7.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z500 and Pentium N3540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | - |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Demand Based Switching | + | no data |
| Smart Connect | no data | + |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
Security technologies
Atom Z500 and Pentium N3540 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | no data |
| EDB | + | + |
| Anti-Theft | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z500 and Pentium N3540 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | - |
| VT-x | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z500 and Pentium N3540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR3L-1333 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 21.32 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | - | Intel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 Series |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Clear Video HD | - | - |
| Graphics max frequency | - | 896 MHz |
| InTru 3D | - | - |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Atom Z500 and Pentium N3540 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | - | 2 |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Atom Z500 and Pentium N3540 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | - | 11.2 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z500 and Pentium N3540.
| PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 4 |
| USB revision | no data | 3.0 and 2.0 |
| Total number of SATA ports | no data | 2 |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 5 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
wPrime 32
wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.14 | 0.69 |
| Recency | 2 April 2008 | 22 May 2014 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 4 |
| Threads | 1 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 22 nm |
Pentium N3540 has a 393% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 105% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Pentium N3540 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom Z500 in performance tests.
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