Pentium N3540 vs Ryzen 3 1200

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 1200
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
4.14
+431%

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Pentium N3540 by a whopping 431% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium N3540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking13282534
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.04no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 3Intel Pentium
Architecture codenameSummit Ridge (Zen)Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)
Release date27 July 2017 (6 years ago)22 May 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109$251
Current price$352 (3.2x MSRP)$404 (1.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium N3540 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.1 GHz2.16 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz2.66 GHz
Bus support4 × 8 GT/sno data
L1 cache384 KB224 KB
L2 cache2 MB2 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography14 nm22 nm
Die size213 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
Number of transistors4800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium N3540 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt7.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium N3540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR4-2667 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHAno data
AES-NI+-
AVX+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Smart Connectno data+
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium N3540 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium N3540 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium N3540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3L-1333
Maximum memory size64 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s21.32 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HD--
Graphics max frequency-896 MHz
InTru 3D--

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium N3540 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported-2

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium N3540 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-11.2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium N3540.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes204
USB revisionno data3.0 and 2.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data5

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.

Ryzen 3 1200 4.14
+431%
Pentium N3540 0.78

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Pentium N3540 by 431% based on our aggregate 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 6407
+430%
Pentium N3540 1210

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Pentium N3540 by 430% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 988
+415%
Pentium N3540 192

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Pentium N3540 by 415% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 2848
+410%
Pentium N3540 558

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Pentium N3540 by 410% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 4178
+206%
Pentium N3540 1364

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Pentium N3540 by 206% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 13961
+194%
Pentium N3540 4752

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Pentium N3540 by 194% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 12.5
+75.4%
Pentium N3540 21.92

Pentium N3540 outperforms Ryzen 3 1200 by 75% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 6
+189%
Pentium N3540 2

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Pentium N3540 by 189% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 480
+207%
Pentium N3540 157

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Pentium N3540 by 207% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 135
+221%
Pentium N3540 42

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Pentium N3540 by 221% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 1.53
+206%
Pentium N3540 0.5

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Pentium N3540 by 206% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 2.6
+797%
Pentium N3540 0.3

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Pentium N3540 by 797% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 2481
+105%
Pentium N3540 1210

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Pentium N3540 by 105% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 33
+200%
Pentium N3540 11

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Pentium N3540 by 200% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 160
+195%
Pentium N3540 54

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Pentium N3540 by 195% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.14 0.78
Recency 27 July 2017 22 May 2014
Cost $109 $251
Chip lithography 14 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 7 Watt

The Ryzen 3 1200 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium N3540 in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 3 1200 is a desktop processor while Pentium N3540 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium N3540, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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