Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium N3540 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: FCBGA1170

Clockspeed: 2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed: 2.7 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 7.5 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 24 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 1024 KB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU N3540 @ 2.16GHz, Intel Pentium CPU N3540 @ 2.16GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2014

CPUmark/$Price: 4.80

Overall Rank:
4233rd fastest in multithreading out of 5788 CPUs
4378th fastest in single threading out of 5788 CPUs
989th fastest in out of 1610 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: $250.87 USD (2017-01-28)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1204

Single Thread Rating

706

Samples: 1305*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,879
Thread: 592

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz

Integer Math	7,494 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,774 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	4,314 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	324.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	31,687 KBytes/Sec
Physics	124 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	481 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	706 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of February 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,262
Apple M4 10 Core		23,702
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,621
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,755
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,010
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,479
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,641
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,596
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,393
Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz		1,204

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.28
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.01
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.40
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.04
Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz		4.80
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,505
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,023
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,003
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,887
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,616
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,587
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,391
Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz		706

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3280874 - Feb 12 2026		1368
BL3278649 - Feb 11 2026		1357
BL3266044 - Feb 05 2026		1342
BL3235827 - Jan 23 2026		994
BL3232956 - Jan 22 2026		1288

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz		1,204
Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		1,228 (+2.0%)
Intel Celeron 3205U @ 1.50GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		956 (-20.6%)
Intel Core i5-5300U @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		2,703 (+124.5%)
Intel Core i5-5200U @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		2,503 (+107.9%)
Intel Core i3-5010U @ 2.10GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		2,156 (+79.0%)
Intel Core i3-5005U @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		2,011 (+67.1%)
AMD A4-6210 APU vs Intel Pentium N3540		1,491 (+23.8%)
Intel Pentium N3700 @ 1.60GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		1,250 (+3.9%)
AMD E2-6110 APU vs Intel Pentium N3540		1,231 (+2.3%)
Intel Celeron N3350 @ 1.10GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		1,113 (-7.6%)
Intel Pentium 3550M @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		1,339 (+11.2%)
AMD GX-412HC vs Intel Pentium N3540		1,095 (-9.1%)

Is the Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,775
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX		9,410
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,991
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX		8,984
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		7,912
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX		7,876
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,759
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H		7,303
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX		7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX		6,904
AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 392		6,807
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,756
Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz		111

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