Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U vs Pentium N3540

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium N3540
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 7 Watt
0.78
Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U
2021
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
7.20
+823%

Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U outperforms Pentium N3540 by a whopping 823% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium N3540 and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking26371000
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency9.4843.77
Architecture codenameBay Trail-M (2013−2014)Cezanne-U PRO (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date22 May 2014 (10 years ago)16 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$251no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium N3540 and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed2.16 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.66 GHz4 GHz
Multiplierno data26
L1 cache224 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data180 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Number of transistorsno data10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3540 and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U 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
SocketFCBGA1170FP6
Power consumption (TDP)7.5 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3540 and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataPRO, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Smart Connect+no data

Security technologies

Pentium N3540 and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3540 and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N3540 and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L-1333DDR4
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 SeriesAMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency896 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3540 and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N3540 and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3540 and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes48
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.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium N3540 0.78
Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U 7.20
+823%

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
Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U 11026
+819%

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.

Pentium N3540 193
Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U 1519
+687%

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.

Pentium N3540 550
Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U 4803
+773%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.78 7.20
Recency 22 May 2014 16 March 2021
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 22 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 7 Watt 15 Watt

Pentium N3540 has 114.3% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U, on the other hand, has a 823.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more threads, and a 214.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium N3540 in performance tests.


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