E1-2100 vs Pentium N3540

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium N3540 and E1-2100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2526not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumAMD E-Series
Architecture codenameBay Trail-M (2013−2014)Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date22 May 2014 (10 years ago)23 May 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$251no data
Current price$404 (1.6x MSRP)$172

Detailed specifications

Pentium N3540 and E1-2100 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.16 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.66 GHz1 GHz
L1 cache224 KBno data
L2 cache2 MB1024 KB
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography22 nm28 nm
Die sizeno data246 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data90 °C
Number of transistorsno data1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3540 and E1-2100 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1170FT3
Power consumption (TDP)7.5 Watt9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3540 and E1-2100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataDDR3L-1333 RAM, PCIe 3 [?], MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, BMI1, ABM, SVM, AES-NI
AES-NI-+
FMAno dataFMA4
AVXno data+
PowerTuneno data-
TrueAudiono data-
PowerNowno data+
PowerGatingno data+
Out-of-band client managementno data-
VirusProtectno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Smart Connect+no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Pentium N3540 and E1-2100 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 E1-2100 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N3540 and E1-2100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L-1333DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels21
Maximum memory bandwidth21.32 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 8210
Quick Sync Video+no data
Endurono data+
Switchable graphicsno data1
UVDno data+
VCEno data+
Graphics max frequency896 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3540 and E1-2100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data
DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N3540 and E1-2100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.2DirectX® 12
Vulkanno data1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3540 and E1-2100.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes4no data
USB revision3.0 and 2.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Number of USB ports5no 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.


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 1209
+201%
E1-2100 401

Pentium N3540 outperforms E1-2100 by 201% 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 193
+110%
E1-2100 92

Pentium N3540 outperforms E1-2100 by 110% 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 558
+249%
E1-2100 160

Pentium N3540 outperforms E1-2100 by 249% 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%

Pentium N3540 1364
+78.2%
E1-2100 765

Pentium N3540 outperforms E1-2100 by 78% 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%

Pentium N3540 4752
+231%
E1-2100 1435

Pentium N3540 outperforms E1-2100 by 231% 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%

Pentium N3540 21.92
+388%
E1-2100 106.95

E1-2100 outperforms Pentium N3540 by 388% 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%

Pentium N3540 2
+304%
E1-2100 0

Pentium N3540 outperforms E1-2100 by 304% 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%

Pentium N3540 157
+335%
E1-2100 36

Pentium N3540 outperforms E1-2100 by 335% 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%

Pentium N3540 42
+110%
E1-2100 20

Pentium N3540 outperforms E1-2100 by 110% 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%

Pentium N3540 0.5
+108%
E1-2100 0.24

Pentium N3540 outperforms E1-2100 by 108% 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%

Pentium N3540 0.3
E1-2100 0.3
+3.4%

E1-2100 outperforms Pentium N3540 by 3% 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%

Pentium N3540 1210
+146%
E1-2100 492

Pentium N3540 outperforms E1-2100 by 146% in WinRAR 4.0.

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%

Pentium N3540 11
+313%
E1-2100 3

Pentium N3540 outperforms E1-2100 by 313% in x264 encoding pass 2.

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%

Pentium N3540 54
+270%
E1-2100 15

Pentium N3540 outperforms E1-2100 by 270% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Pentium N3540 3254
+220%
E1-2100 1016

Pentium N3540 outperforms E1-2100 by 220% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Pentium N3540 988
+66.1%
E1-2100 595

Pentium N3540 outperforms E1-2100 by 66% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Pentium N3540 3490
+142%
E1-2100 1443

Pentium N3540 outperforms E1-2100 by 142% in Geekbench 2.

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 May 2014 23 May 2013
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 22 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 7 Watt 9 Watt

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