Xeon E-2336 vs Pentium N3540

Place in the ranking	2645	735
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Power efficiency	9.59	15.33
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)	Rocket Lake-E (2021)
Release date	22 May 2014 (10 years ago)	8 September 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$251	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium N3540 and Xeon E-2336 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)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	4	12
Base clock speed	2.16 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.66 GHz	4.8 GHz
Bus rate	no data	8 GT/s
L1 cache	224 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3540 and Xeon E-2336 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	1
Socket	FCBGA1170	FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)	7.5 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3540 and Xeon E-2336. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Smart Connect	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium N3540 and Xeon E-2336 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
MPX	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	no data	+
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3540 and Xeon E-2336 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N3540 and Xeon E-2336. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1333	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	8 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.32 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	896 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3540 and Xeon E-2336 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N3540 and Xeon E-2336 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

11.2

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3540 and Xeon E-2336.

PCIe version	2.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	4	44
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 0.76

Xeon E-2336 10.53
+1286%

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.

Pentium N3540 1200

Xeon E-2336 16731
+1294%

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.

Pentium N3540 192

Xeon E-2336 2048
+967%

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.

Pentium N3540 549

Xeon E-2336 7454
+1258%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.76	10.53
Recency	22 May 2014	8 September 2021
Physical cores	4	6
Threads	4	12
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	65 Watt

Pentium N3540 has 828.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon E-2336, on the other hand, has a 1285.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon E-2336 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium N3540 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium N3540 is a notebook processor while Xeon E-2336 is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium N3540 and Xeon E-2336, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.