A8 Pro-7150B vs Pentium N3540

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2877	2723
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.03	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	AMD Kaveri
Power efficiency	3.85	1.94
Designer	Intel	AMD
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)	Kaveri (2014−2015)
Release date	22 May 2014 (11 years ago)	4 June 2014 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$251	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Pentium N3540 and A8 Pro-7150B 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	2.16 GHz	1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.66 GHz	3.2 GHz
L1 cache	224 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	4096 KB
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	no data
Chip lithography	22 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	245 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	2410 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3540 and A8 Pro-7150B 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	FP3
Power consumption (TDP)	7.5 Watt	19 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3540 and A8 Pro-7150B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
FRTC	-	+
TrueAudio	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
Out-of-band client management	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
RAID	-	+
HSA	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Smart Connect	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium N3540 and A8 Pro-7150B technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3540 and A8 Pro-7150B are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N3540 and A8 Pro-7150B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1333	DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.32 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare R5 Graphics and HD Graphics	Intel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 Series	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	6
จำนวนพาธไลน์	no data	384
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+
Graphics max frequency	896 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3540 and A8 Pro-7150B integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N3540 and A8 Pro-7150B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	11.2	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3540 and A8 Pro-7150B.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	4	no data
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.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.68	0.87
Chip lithography	22 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	19 Watt

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