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Intel Pentium N3540 vs Intel Core i5-2300

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 39 %
Intel Pentium N3540
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-2300
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 38 %
Intel Pentium N3540
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-2300
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Pentium N3540
4C / 4T · 2.66 GHz
203
Intel Core i5-2300
4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz
526
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium N3540
4C / 4T · 2.66 GHz
647
Intel Core i5-2300
4C / 4T · 2.80 GHz
1,580
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Pentium N3540
4C / 4T · 2.66 GHz
261
Intel Core i5-2300
4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz
651
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium N3540
4C / 4T · 2.66 GHz
854
Intel Core i5-2300
4C / 4T · 2.80 GHz
2,199
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Pentium N3540
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
57
Intel Core i5-2300
Intel HD Graphics 2000
106
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium N3540
4C / 4T · 2.16 GHz
388
Intel Core i5-2300
4C / 4T · 2.80 GHz
1,119

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Pentium N3540Intel Core i5-2300
FamilyIntel Pentium (150)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupIntel Pentium J2000/N3500 (6)Intel Core i 2000 (28)
ArchitectureBay TrailSandy Bridge S
Technology22 nm32 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketBGA 1170LGA 1155
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Pentium N3540Intel Core i5-2300
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 4x
Frequency: 2.16 GHz 2.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 2.66 GHz 3.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 2.66 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache2.00 MB6.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Pentium N3540Intel Core i5-2300
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)Intel HD Graphics 2000
GPU frequency0.31 - 0.90 GHz0.85 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader4 / 326 / 48
Raytracing
Max. displays22
Max. GPU Memory2 GB2 GB
Technology22 nm32 nm
Release dateQ3/2013Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

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Intel Pentium N3540Intel Core i5-2300
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Pentium N3540Intel Core i5-2300
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory8 GB32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 42.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth2.0 GB/s8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Pentium N3540Intel Core i5-2300
TDP7.5 W95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down4.5 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Pentium N3540Intel Core i5-2300
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release dateQ3/2014Q1/2011
Release price187 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Pentium N3540
Intel Pentium N3540
4C / 4T · 2.16 - 2.66 GHz
Intel Core i5-2300
Intel Core i5-2300
4C / 4T · 2.80 - 3.10 GHz

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