Pentium N3540 vs PRO A12-9800B

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Aggregated performance score

PRO A12-9800B
2016
4 cores / 4 threads
1.74
+123%
Pentium N3540
2014
4 cores / 4 threads
0.78

PRO A12-9800B outperforms Pentium N3540 by 123% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary Details

Comparing PRO A12-9800B and Pentium N3540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking19142506
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Bristol RidgeIntel Pentium
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)
Release date1 June 2016 (7 years ago)22 May 2014 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$251
Current price$676 $404 (1.6x MSRP)

Detailed Specifications

PRO A12-9800B 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.16 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz2.66 GHz
L1 cacheno data224 KB
L2 cache2048 KB2 MB
L3 cacheno data2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography28 nm22 nm
Die size250 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
Number of transistors3100 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on PRO A12-9800B 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 configurationno data1
SocketFP4FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt7.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A12-9800B and Pentium N3540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDual-Channel DDR3/DDR4-1866 Memory Controller, PCIe 3.0 x8no data
AES-NI1-
FMAFMA4no data
AVXAVXno data
FRTC1no data
FreeSync1no data
PowerTune+no data
DualGraphics1no data
TrueAudio+no data
PowerNow+no data
PowerGating+no data
Out-of-band client management+no data
VirusProtect+no data
RAID+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Smart Connectno data+
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

PRO A12-9800B and Pentium N3540 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by PRO A12-9800B and Pentium N3540 are enumerated here.

AMD-V1no data
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+
IOMMU 2.0+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by PRO A12-9800B and Pentium N3540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4-1866DDR3L-1333
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.32 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R7 GraphicsIntel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series
iGPU core count8no data
Quick Sync Videono data+
Enduro+no data
Switchable graphics1no data
UVD+no data
VCE+no data
Graphics max frequencyno data896 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A12-9800B and Pentium N3540 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
DisplayPort+no data
HDMI+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A12-9800B and Pentium N3540 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 1211.2
Vulkan1no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A12-9800B and Pentium N3540.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes84
USB revisionno data3.0 and 2.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data5

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

PRO A12-9800B 1.74
+123%
Pentium N3540 0.78

PRO A12-9800B outperforms Pentium N3540 by 123% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

PRO A12-9800B 2691
+123%
Pentium N3540 1209

PRO A12-9800B outperforms Pentium N3540 by 123% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

PRO A12-9800B 545
+184%
Pentium N3540 192

PRO A12-9800B outperforms Pentium N3540 by 184% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

PRO A12-9800B 1157
+108%
Pentium N3540 557

PRO A12-9800B outperforms Pentium N3540 by 108% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

PRO A12-9800B 2593
+90.1%
Pentium N3540 1364

PRO A12-9800B outperforms Pentium N3540 by 90% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

PRO A12-9800B 7056
+48.5%
Pentium N3540 4752

PRO A12-9800B outperforms Pentium N3540 by 48% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

PRO A12-9800B 13.8
+58.8%
Pentium N3540 21.92

Pentium N3540 outperforms PRO A12-9800B by 59% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

PRO A12-9800B 3
+36.3%
Pentium N3540 2

PRO A12-9800B outperforms Pentium N3540 by 36% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

PRO A12-9800B 225
+43.8%
Pentium N3540 157

PRO A12-9800B outperforms Pentium N3540 by 44% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

PRO A12-9800B 75
+78.6%
Pentium N3540 42

PRO A12-9800B outperforms Pentium N3540 by 79% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

PRO A12-9800B 0.88
+76%
Pentium N3540 0.5

PRO A12-9800B outperforms Pentium N3540 by 76% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

PRO A12-9800B 1.8
+521%
Pentium N3540 0.3

PRO A12-9800B outperforms Pentium N3540 by 521% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

PRO A12-9800B 1383
+14.3%
Pentium N3540 1210

PRO A12-9800B outperforms Pentium N3540 by 14% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

PRO A12-9800B 77
+41.8%
Pentium N3540 54

PRO A12-9800B outperforms Pentium N3540 by 42% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

PRO A12-9800B 17
+48.4%
Pentium N3540 11

PRO A12-9800B outperforms Pentium N3540 by 48% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

PRO A12-9800B 2031
+106%
Pentium N3540 988

PRO A12-9800B outperforms Pentium N3540 by 106% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

PRO A12-9800B 5326
+63.7%
Pentium N3540 3254

PRO A12-9800B outperforms Pentium N3540 by 64% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

PRO A12-9800B 5705
+63.5%
Pentium N3540 3490

PRO A12-9800B outperforms Pentium N3540 by 63% in Geekbench 2.

Gaming performance

Pros & Cons Summary


Performance score 1.74 0.78
Recency 1 June 2016 22 May 2014
Chip lithography 28 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 7 Watt

The PRO A12-9800B is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium N3540 in performance tests.


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