Pentium N3540 vs Xeon E5440

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5440
2008
80 Watt
1.50
+97.4%
Pentium N3540
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 7 Watt
0.76

Xeon E5440 outperforms Pentium N3540 by an impressive 97% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5440 and Pentium N3540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking21542661
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium
Power efficiency1.779.58
Architecture codenameno dataBay Trail-M (2013−2014)
Release date1 January 2008 (16 years ago)22 May 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$251

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5440 and Pentium N3540 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 coresno data4 (Quad-Core)
Threadsno data4
Base clock speed2.83 GHz2.16 GHz
Boost clock speedno data2.66 GHz
L1 cacheno data224 KB
L2 cacheno data2 MB
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cache2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography45 nm22 nm
Maximum core temperature67 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5440 and Pentium N3540 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 configurationno data1
SocketLGA771FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt7.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5440 and Pentium N3540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
Smart Connectno data+
FSB parity+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5440 and Pentium N3540 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5440 and Pentium N3540 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-x++
EPT-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5440 and Pentium N3540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3L-1333
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.32 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 Series
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data896 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5440 and Pentium N3540 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E5440 and Pentium N3540 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data11.2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5440 and Pentium N3540.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data4
USB revisionno data3.0 and 2.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data5

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.

Xeon E5440 1.50
+97.4%
Pentium N3540 0.76

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.

Xeon E5440 2389
+98.9%
Pentium N3540 1201

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.

Xeon E5440 364
+89.6%
Pentium N3540 192

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.

Xeon E5440 1014
+84.7%
Pentium N3540 549

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.50 0.76
Recency 1 January 2008 22 May 2014
Chip lithography 45 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 7 Watt

Xeon E5440 has a 97.4% higher aggregate performance score.

Pentium N3540, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 104.5% more advanced lithography process, and 1042.9% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5440 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium N3540 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5440 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium N3540 is a notebook one.


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