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.

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: 4.80

Overall Rank:
4089th fastest in multithreading out of 5447 CPUs
4268th fastest in single threading out of 5447 CPUs
960th fastest in out of 1513 Laptop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1205

Single Thread Rating

708

Samples: 1287*
*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	7,520 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,779 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	4,329 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	324.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	31,739 KBytes/Sec
Physics	125 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	482 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	708 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of November 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of November 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

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,392
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,152
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,702
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,863
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,105
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,557
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,652
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,620
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,417
Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz		1,205

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.56
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.29
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.47
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.06
Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz		4.80
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 5 5600H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,834
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,517
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,033
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,012
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,895
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,622
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,592
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,395
Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz		708

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3031951 - Nov 06 2025		748
BL3007045 - Oct 27 2025		1351
BL2977103 - Oct 14 2025		1261
BL2971776 - Oct 12 2025		1330
BL2971609 - Oct 12 2025		1206

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz		1,205
Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		1,226 (+1.8%)
Intel Celeron 3205U @ 1.50GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		961 (-20.2%)
Intel Core i5-5300U @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		2,710 (+124.9%)
Intel Core i5-5200U @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		2,502 (+107.6%)
Intel Core i3-5005U @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		2,011 (+66.9%)
AMD A4-6210 APU vs Intel Pentium N3540		1,499 (+24.4%)
Intel Pentium N3700 @ 1.60GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		1,248 (+3.6%)
AMD E2-6110 APU vs Intel Pentium N3540		1,229 (+2.0%)
Intel Celeron N3350 @ 1.10GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		1,112 (-7.7%)
Intel Pentium 3550M @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Pentium N3540		1,306 (+8.4%)
AMD GX-412HC vs Intel Pentium N3540		1,095 (-9.1%)
AMD A4 Micro-6400T APU vs Intel Pentium N3540		1,082 (-10.2%)

Is the Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX		9,814
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,622
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX		9,113
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		9,059
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		8,020
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX		7,972
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,813
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX		7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX		6,981
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		6,756
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,746
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,717
Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz		111

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