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.
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Is the Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz Good for Gaming?

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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: 4.79

Overall Rank:
3775th fastest in multithreading out of 5090 CPUs
3972nd fastest in single threading out of 5090 CPUs
919th fastest in out of 1470 Laptop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1201

Single Thread Rating

707

Samples: 1256*
*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	7,547 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,780 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	4,336 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	321.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	31,706 KBytes/Sec
Physics	124 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	482 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	707 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 21st of April 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of April 2025.
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

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	HP 2018 Premium High Performance Laptop PC 15.6" HD BrightView WLED-Backlit Display Intel Pentium N3540 Quad-Core Processor 4GB RAM 500GB Hard Drive HDMI DVD-RW WiFi Windows 10-Red	$678.88 (www.amazon.com)
	(Discontinued) HP N5Y13UA#ABA Windows 10 Home 15.6", Intel Pentium N3540, 4 GB DDR3L SDRAM, 500 GB 5400 RPM	$437.20 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 26th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,130
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,883
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,123
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,303
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,787
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,649
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,143
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,695
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,723
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,602
Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz		1,201

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 26th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.95
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.07
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.17
Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz		4.79
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 26th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,052
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,031
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,922
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,655
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,638
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,601
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,411
Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz		707

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2575841 - Apr 23 2025		1068
BL5092603 - Apr 23 2025		1303
BL2572786 - Apr 22 2025		1352
BL2570452 - Apr 21 2025		1093
BL2568439 - Apr 20 2025		1248

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz
As of 26th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz		1,201
Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		1,228 (+2.3%)
Intel Celeron 3205U @ 1.50GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		956 (-20.4%)
Intel Core i5-5300U @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		2,718 (+126.3%)
Intel Core i5-5200U @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		2,504 (+108.5%)
Intel Core i3-5005U @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		2,017 (+67.9%)
AMD E2-6110 APU vs Intel Pentium N3540		1,117 (-7.0%)
Intel Celeron N3350 @ 1.10GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		1,108 (-7.7%)
Intel Pentium 3550M @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		1,282 (+6.7%)
AMD GX-412HC vs Intel Pentium N3540		1,095 (-8.9%)
AMD A4 Micro-6400T APU vs Intel Pentium N3540		1,082 (-9.9%)
Intel Core i3-4100M @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		2,522 (+110.0%)
Intel Core i3-5010U @ 2.10GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		2,183 (+81.7%)

Is the Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 26th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,750
Intel Core Ultra 7 265		8,253
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		7,861
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		7,221
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,066
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		7,040
Intel Core 7 250H		6,905
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,805
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,797
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,784
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,553
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX		6,207
Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz		111

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