A9-9420e vs Pentium N3540

General info

Comparing Pentium N3540 and A9-9420e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2493	2553
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 2018 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$251	no data
Current price	$404 (1.6x MSRP)	$380

Technical specs

Pentium N3540 and A9-9420e 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	no data
Boost clock speed	2.66 GHz	no data
L1 cache	224 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
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 A9-9420e 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	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	7.5 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3540 and A9-9420e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Single-Channel DDR4-2133?, Virtualization,
AES-NI	-	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 A9-9420e 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 A9-9420e are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N3540 and A9-9420e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1333	DDR4
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
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 R5 (Stoney Ridge)
Quick Sync Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	896 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3540 and A9-9420e integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

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Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N3540 and A9-9420e integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

11.2

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3540 and A9-9420e.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
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. 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 outperforms A9-9420e by 10% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	0.79	0.72
Recency	22 May 2014	1 June 2018
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	28 nm

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