AMD 3015e vs Intel Pentium N3540. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  AMD E Intel Pentium
• CPU group
  AMD 3000e Intel Pentium J2000/N3500
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Generation
  4 6

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Frequency
  1.20 GHz 2.16 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.30 GHz 2.66 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
• GPU frequency
  0.60 GHz 0.31 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 0.90 GHz
• Execution units
  3 4
• Shader
  192 32
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Generation
  8 7
• Technology
  14 nm 22 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q3/2013

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium N3540 and AMD 3015e. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
  16 GB
• Memory channels
  1 2
• ECC
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD 3015e and Intel Pentium N3540 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  6 W 7.5 W
• Tjunction max.
  105 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD 3015e and AMD 3015e, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L2-Cache
  1.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Dali (Zen) Bay Trail
• Technology
  14 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT
• Socket
  FT5 BGA 1170
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q3/2014