Celeron N3050 vs i7-3540M

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Primary details

Comparing Core i7-3540M and Celeron N3050 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1967not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7Intel Celeron
Power efficiency5.08no data
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge (2012−2013)Braswell (2015−2016)
Release date8 January 2013 (11 years ago)1 April 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349$107

Detailed specifications

Core i7-3540M and Celeron N3050 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed3 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz2.16 GHz
Bus typeno dataIDI
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size118 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C90 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-3540M and Celeron N3050 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1023,FCPGA988FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-3540M and Celeron N3050. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXno data
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
Smart Responseno data-
Demand Based Switching-no data
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data-
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data-

Security technologies

Core i7-3540M and Celeron N3050 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Key++
Identity Protection++
OS Guardno data-
Anti-Theft+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-3540M and Celeron N3050 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d+-
VT-x++
VT-ino data-
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-3540M and Celeron N3050. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size32 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 4000Intel® HD Graphics for Intel® Celeron® Processor N3000 Series
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency1.3 GHz600 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12
InTru 3D+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-3540M and Celeron N3050 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-3540M and Celeron N3050 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data+
OpenGLno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-3540M and Celeron N3050.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes164
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data5
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i7-3540M 2979
+407%
Celeron N3050 587

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i7-3540M 568
+262%
Celeron N3050 157

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i7-3540M 1161
+322%
Celeron N3050 275

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i7-3540M 5030
+358%
Celeron N3050 1099

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i7-3540M 10811
+424%
Celeron N3050 2064

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

i7-3540M 4320
+248%
Celeron N3050 1243

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

i7-3540M 14.86
+271%
Celeron N3050 55.2

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

i7-3540M 3
+337%
Celeron N3050 1

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

i7-3540M 1.53
+273%
Celeron N3050 0.41

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

i7-3540M 1.7
+305%
Celeron N3050 0.4

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

i7-3540M 20
+320%
Celeron N3050 5

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

i7-3540M 105
+313%
Celeron N3050 26

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

i7-3540M 2940
+456%
Celeron N3050 529

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 January 2013 1 April 2015
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 6 Watt

i7-3540M has 100% more threads.

Celeron N3050, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 483.3% lower power consumption.

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