A6-9210 vs Pentium N3540

Place in performance ranking	2493	2470
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	AMD Bristol Ridge
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	22 May 2014 (9 years old)	1 June 2016 (7 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$251	no data
Current price	$404 (1.6x MSRP)	$1030

Technical specs

Pentium N3540 and A6-9210 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.16 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.66 GHz	2.8 GHz
L1 cache	224 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	1024 KB
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	no data
Chip lithography	22 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	124.5 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3540 and A6-9210 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	no data
Socket	FCBGA1170	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	7.5 Watt	10-15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3540 and A6-9210. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Single-Channel DDR4-2133, Virtualization,
AES-NI	-	1
FMA	no data	FMA4
PowerTune	no 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 Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Smart Connect	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Pentium N3540 and A6-9210 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3540 and A6-9210 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	no data
IOMMU 2.0	no data	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N3540 and A6-9210. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1333	DDR4-2133
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.32 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	AMD Radeon R4 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	3
Quick Sync Video	+	no data
Enduro	no data	+
Switchable graphics	no data	1
UVD	no data	+
VCE	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	896 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3540 and A6-9210 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	no data
DisplayPort	no data	+
HDMI	no data	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N3540 and A6-9210 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	11.2	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	no data	1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3540 and A6-9210.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	4	8
USB revision	3.0 and 2.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	5	no data

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.

Pentium N3540 0.79

A6-9210 0.81
+2.5%

A6-9210 outperforms Pentium N3540 by 3% 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%

Pentium N3540 1211

A6-9210 1238
+2.2%

A6-9210 outperforms Pentium N3540 by 2% 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%

Pentium N3540 192

A6-9210 332
+72.9%

A6-9210 outperforms Pentium N3540 by 73% 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%

Pentium N3540 557
+7.5%

A6-9210 518

Pentium N3540 outperforms A6-9210 by 8% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.