Duo L2400 vs Pentium N3540

Primary details

Comparing Pentium N3540 and Core Duo L2400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2645not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumCore Duo
Power efficiency9.59no data
Architecture codenameBay Trail-M (2013−2014)Yonah (2005−2006)
Release date22 May 2014 (10 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$251no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium N3540 and Core Duo L2400 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.16 GHz1.66 GHz
Boost clock speed2.66 GHz1.66 GHz
Bus rateno data533 MHz
L1 cache224 KBno data
L2 cache2 MBno data
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography22 nm65 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1.0V - 1.212V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3540 and Core Duo L2400 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCBGA1170PBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)7.5 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3540 and Core Duo L2400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States+-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data32 Bit
Smart Connect+no data
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Pentium N3540 and Core Duo L2400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3540 and Core Duo L2400 are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N3540 and Core Duo L2400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L-1333no data
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21.32 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Seriesno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency896 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3540 and Core Duo L2400 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N3540 and Core Duo L2400 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3540 and Core Duo L2400.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes4no data
USB revision3.0 and 2.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Number of USB ports5no 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.

Pentium N3540 1200
+245%
Duo L2400 348

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 22 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 7 Watt 15 Watt

Pentium N3540 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 195.5% more advanced lithography process, and 114.3% lower power consumption.

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