Pentium N3540 vs Xeon Silver 4215

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4215 and Pentium N3540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	772	2536
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	17.20	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	Intel Pentium
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	22 May 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$794	$251
Current price	$475 (0.6x MSRP)	$404 (1.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4215 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 cores	8 (Octa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	16	4
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.16 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	2.66 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB	224 KB
L2 cache	8 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	11 MB	2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	77 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4215 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 configuration	2 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	7.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Pentium N3540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	no data
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
TSX	+	no data
Idle States	no data	+
Smart Connect	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Launched	Discontinued

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4215 and Pentium N3540 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Anti-Theft	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Pentium N3540 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Pentium N3540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3L-1333
Maximum memory size	1 TB	8 GB
Max memory channels	6	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	21.32 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Silver 4215 and Pentium N3540 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

2

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Pentium N3540 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

no data

11.2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Pentium N3540.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	48	4
USB revision	no data	3.0 and 2.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	5

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.

Xeon Silver 4215 outperforms Pentium N3540 by 1097% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	9.34	0.78
Recency	2 April 2019	22 May 2014
Physical cores	8	4
Threads	16	4
Cost	$794	$251
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	7 Watt

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