Intel Core i7-12700H vs Intel Pentium N3540. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000H Intel Pentium J2000/N3500
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Pentium
• Generation
  12 6
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  6x Golden Cove -
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont -
• Base Frequency
  2.3 GHz 2.16 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  14 4
• CPU Threads
  20 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.7 GHz 2.66 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (14 Cores)
  3.8 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 2.66 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  12.1 11.2
• Execution units
  96 4
• Generation
  13 7
• GPU Frequency
  400 MHz 310 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
• GPU Turbo
  1400 MHz 900 MHz
• Max. displays
  4 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 8 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2013
• Shader
  768 32
• Technology
  10 nm 22 nm

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

• AV1
  Decode No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium N3540 and Intel Core i7-12700H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200 DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMM
• PCIe
  4.0 x 20 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 4
• PCIe version
  - 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-12700H and Intel Pentium N3540 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  45 W 7.5 W
• TDP (PL2)
  115 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-12700H and Intel Pentium N3540, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake H Bay Trail
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L2-Cache
  11.5 MB -
• L3-Cache
  24 MB 2 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2014
• Socket
  BGA 1744 BGA 1170
• Technology
  10 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT