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Intel Pentium N3520 vs Intel Pentium N3540

Intel Pentium N3520

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The Intel Pentium N3520 is a power efficient quad-core SoC for entry-level notebooks. It is clocked at 2.17 GHz base clock and can boost up to 2.42 GHz (Burst clock speed). The pentium is part of the Bay Trail-M platform. Thanks to the specially optimized 22 nanometer low-power process (P1271) with tri-gate transistors, performance and energy efficiency have been significantly improved compared to previous Intel Atom CPUs.

Architecture

The processor cores are based on the new Silvermont architecture, which is an out-of-order design for the first time. The increased utilization of the pipeline and many other improvements (optimized branch prediction, increased buffers, enhanced decoders) have increased the performance per clock by about 50 percent. At the same time, however, the Hyper-Threading feature of the previous generation has been removed. Other major changes are the support for new instruction set extensions such as SSE 4.1 and 4.2 as well as AES-NI (depending on the model).

Performance

Thanks to 4 CPU cores and a clock speed of up to 2.4 GHz, the Pentium N3520 is significantly faster than previous Intel Atoms, e.g. the N2800. On average, the N3520 performs somewhere between the AMD Kabini APUs AMD A4-5100 and A6-5200. For everyday tasks such as Internet or Office the performance is adequate, but not for very complex software or modern games.

Graphics

The HD Graphics (Bay Trail) is based on the Intel Gen7 architecture, which supports DirectX 11 and is also found in the Ivy Bridge series (e.g. HD Graphics 4000). With only 4 EUs (Execution Units) and a relatively low clock speed of 313 - 854 MHz, the GPU is even slower than the HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge). Therefore, only older and less demanding games will run fluently. Compared to the HD Graphics in the slower Pentium N3510, the N3520 is clocked 14 % faster (750 vs. 854 MHz).

Power Consumption

The entire SoC is rated at a TDP of 7.5 Watts (4.5 SDP - Scenario Design Power). Thus, the chip can be used in compact subnotebooks and convertibles and doesn't require extensive cooling.

Intel Pentium N3540

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The Intel Pentium N3540 is a power efficient quad-core SoC for entry-level notebooks. It is clocked at 2.16 GHz base clock and can boost up to 2.66 GHz (Burst clock speed). The Pentium is part of the Bay Trail-M platform. Thanks to the specially optimized 22 nanometer low-power process (P1271) with tri-gate transistors, performance and energy efficiency have been significantly improved compared to previous Intel Atom CPUs.

Architecture

The processor cores are based on the new Silvermont architecture, which is an out-of-order design for the first time. The increased utilization of the pipeline and many other improvements (optimized branch prediction, increased buffers, enhanced decoders) have increased the performance per clock by about 50 percent. At the same time, however, the Hyper-Threading feature of the previous generation has been removed. Other major changes are the support for new instruction set extensions such as SSE 4.1 and 4.2 as well as AES-NI (depending on the model).

Performance

Thanks to 4 CPU cores and a clock speed of up to 2.66 GHz, the Pentium N3540 is significantly faster than previous Intel Atoms. Overall, the performance is similar to the AMD Kabini APU A6-5200. For everyday tasks such as Internet or Office the N3540 is adequate, but not for very complex software or modern games.

Graphics

The HD Graphics (Bay Trail) is based on the Intel Gen7 architecture, which supports DirectX 11 and is also found in the Ivy Bridge series (e.g. HD Graphics 4000). With only 4 EUs (Execution Units) and a relatively low clock speed of 313 - 896 MHz, the GPU is even slower than the HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge). Therefore, only older and less demanding games will run fluently. Compared to the HD Graphics in the slower Pentium N3510 and N3520, the N3530 and N3540 are clocked slightly faster (750/854 MHz vs. 896 MHz).

Power Consumption

The entire SoC is rated at a TDP of 7.5 Watts (4.5 SDP - Scenario Design Power). Thus, the chip can be used in compact subnotebooks and convertibles.

ModelIntel Pentium N3520Intel Pentium N3540
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Pentium
CodenameBay Trail-MBay Trail-M
Series: Pentium Bay Trail-M
Intel Pentium N35402.16 - 2.66 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Pentium N3530 compare2.16 - 2.58 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Pentium N3520 « 2.17 - 2.42 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Pentium N3510 compare2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Pentium N3540 « 2.16 - 2.66 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Pentium N3530 compare2.16 - 2.58 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Pentium N35202.17 - 2.42 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Pentium N3510 compare2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Clock2167 - 2420 MHz2160 - 2660 MHz
L1 Cache224 KB224 KB
L2 Cache2 MB2 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 4
TDP7.5 Watt7.5 Watt
Technology22 nm22 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C
SocketFCBGA1170FCBGA1170
FeaturesIntel HD Graphics (Bay Trail, max. 854 MHz), Intel 64, SSE 4.1, SSE 4.2, Wireless DisplayIntel HD Graphics (Bay Trail, 313 - 896 MHz), Intel 64, SSE 4.1, SSE 4.2, Quick Sync, Wireless Display
iGPUIntel HD Graphics (Bay Trail) (313 - 854 MHz)Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail) (313 - 896 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
$161 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 128     avg: 139.3     median: 144 (1%)     max: 146 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 38     avg: 38.3     median: 38 (11%)     max: 39 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1.75     avg: 1.8     median: 1.8 (2%)     max: 1.77 Points
min: 1.88     avg: 1.9     median: 1.9 (2%)     max: 1.93 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 0.44     avg: 0.4     median: 0.4 (11%)     max: 0.45 Points
min: 0.49     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (12%)     max: 0.5 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 1250     avg: 1252     median: 1252 (8%)     max: 1254 Points
min: 1339     avg: 1362     median: 1363.5 (8%)     max: 1385 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 4302     avg: 4328     median: 4327.5 (3%)     max: 4353 Points
min: 4454     avg: 4674     median: 4752 (3%)     max: 4828 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 6034     avg: 6142     median: 6142 (4%)     max: 6250 Points
min: 6670     avg: 6708     median: 6707.5 (5%)     max: 6745 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 1687     avg: 1729     median: 1729 (2%)     max: 1771 Points
min: 1959     avg: 1960     median: 1959.5 (2%)     max: 1960 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 867     avg: 870     median: 870 (10%)     max: 873 s
689 s (8%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 26.47     avg: 28     median: 28 (6%)     max: 29.52 s
21.9 s (4%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 1167     avg: 1204     median: 1203.5 (2%)     max: 1240 Points
1210 Points (2%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 10.1     avg: 10.2     median: 10.2 (4%)     max: 10.21 fps
11.1 fps (4%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 50.5     avg: 50.9     median: 50.9 (12%)     max: 51.3 fps
54.3 fps (13%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.0885     avg: 0.1     median: 0.1 (0%)     max: 0.131 GB/s
0.1 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.2 GB/s (4%)
0.2 GB/s (4%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 0.258     avg: 0.3     median: 0.3 (1%)     max: 0.265 GB/s
0.3 GB/s (1%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
100%
1 N3520 +
min: 2268     avg: 2320     median: 2320 (5%)     max: 2372 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 35.08     avg: 35.4     median: 35.4 (8%)     max: 35.65 s
32.7 s (7%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 76.9     avg: 77.4     median: 77.4 (3%)     max: 77.9 s
71.7 s (3%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 1650     avg: 1659     median: 1658.5 (7%)     max: 1667 s
1542 s (7%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
100%
1 N3520 +
4963 Points (4%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 1757     avg: 1843     median: 1794 (5%)     max: 1977 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 18318     avg: 19789     median: 20148.5 (16%)     max: 20542 Points
min: 14125     avg: 20329     median: 21509 (17%)     max: 21979 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 1267     avg: 1562     median: 1695 (4%)     max: 1724 Points
min: 1519     avg: 1783     median: 1833.5 (5%)     max: 1883 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
100%
1 N3520 +
2467 Points (4%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
2940 Points (5%)
min: 3190     avg: 3243     median: 3254 (6%)     max: 3282 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
918 Points (18%)
min: 977     avg: 986     median: 988 (19%)     max: 992 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 N3540 +
3499 Points (5%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 N3540 +
1061 Points (16%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
2593 Points (21%)
2561 Points (21%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
2363 Points (21%)
2378 Points (22%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
3299 Points (6%)
3647 Points (7%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
3812 Points (8%)
4235 Points (9%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
3220 Points (8%)
3490 Points (9%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
7730 ms (9%)
min: 4203     avg: 5811     median: 6205 (7%)     max: 6254 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
368.5 ms (4%)
min: 282.1     avg: 303.7     median: 300.5 (3%)     max: 322.5 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
3551 Points (3%)
min: 4996     avg: 5906     median: 5050 (5%)     max: 9427 Points

Average Benchmarks Intel Pentium N3520 → 100% n=32

Average Benchmarks Intel Pentium N3540 → 108% n=32

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