Intel Pentium N3540 vs Intel Core i3-L13G4. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  Intel Pentium Intel Core i3
• Generation
  6 12
• CPU group
  Intel Pentium J2000/N3500 Intel Core i L

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.

• Frequency
  2.16 GHz 0.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 5
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.66 GHz 2.80 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 5
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  -- 1x Sunny-Cove
• B core
  -- 4x Tremont

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
  Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (48 EU)
• GPU frequency
  0.31 GHz 0.20 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.90 GHz 0.50 GHz
• Execution units
  4 48
• Shader
  32 384
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  7 12
• DirectX Version
  11.2 12
• Technology
  22 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2013 Q2/2020

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-L13G4 and Intel Pentium N3540. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMM LPDDR4-4266
• Max. Memory
  8 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  2.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  4 6

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium N3540 and Intel Core i3-L13G4 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  7.5 W 7 W
• TDP down
  -- 5 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium N3540 and Intel Pentium N3540, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Bay Trail Lakefield
• Technology
  22 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1170 FC-CSP1016
• Release date
  Q3/2014 Q2/2020