Intel Pentium N3540 vs 4 660 |
Released July, 2014
Intel Pentium N3540
- 2.16 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the Intel Pentium N3540
 | Much newer manufacturing process 22 nm | | Much lower typical power consumption 6.09W |
| | Has a built-in GPU Yes | | Has virtualization support Yes |
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Released January, 2005
Intel Pentium 4 660
- 3.6 GHz
- Single core
Reasons to buy the 4 660
| | Much higher clock speed 3.6 GHz | | Much more l2 cache per core 2 MB/core |
| | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.17 GHz | | Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.07 GHz |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much newer manufacturing process | 22 nm | vs | 90 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
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| Much lower typical power consumption | 6.09W | vs | 93.44W | 15.3x lower typical power consumption | |||
| Has a built-in GPU | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required | |||
| Has virtualization support | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Boosts performance of virtual machines | |||
| Newer | Jul, 2014 | vs | Jan, 2005 | Release date over 9 years later | |||
| More cores | 4 | vs | 1 | 3 more cores; run more applications at once | |||
| Much lower annual home energy cost | 1.81 $/year | vs | 27.7 $/year | 15.3x lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 6.57 $/year | vs | 100.74 $/year | 15.3x lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
| More threads | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many threads | |||
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| Much higher clock speed | 3.6 GHz | vs | 2.16 GHz | More than 65% higher clock speed | |||
| Much more l2 cache per core | 2 MB/core | vs | 0.5 MB/core | 4x more l2 cache per core | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.17 GHz | vs | 2.65 GHz | More than 55% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.07 GHz | vs | 2.17 GHz | Around 90% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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Features Key features of the Pentium N3540 vs 4 660
clock speed
L2 cache
overclocked clock speed (air)
overclocked clock speed (water)
TDP
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Pentium N3540 | vs | 4 660 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.16 GHz | 3.6 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad core | Single core | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | No | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| EM64T | |||
| SSE | |||
| AES | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 7.5W | 115W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 1.81 $/year | 27.7 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 6.57 $/year | 100.74 $/year | |
| Typical power consumption | 6.09W | 93.44W | |
details | Pentium N3540 | vs | 4 660 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 4 | 2 | |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 2 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 22 nm | 90 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 2.65 GHz | 4.17 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.17 GHz | 4.07 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.65 GHz | 4.17 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | GPU | None | |
| Label | Intel® HD Graphics | N/A | |
| Number of displays supported | 2 | N/A | |
| GPU clock speed | 313 MHz | N/A | |
| Turbo clock speed | 896 MHz | N/A | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | FSB | FSB | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
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