Pentium N3700 vs i5-6400T

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Aggregate performance score

Core i5-6400T
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.78
+243%

i5-6400T outperforms Pentium N3700 by a whopping 243% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-6400T and Pentium N3700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking16722582
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.41no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5 (Desktop)Intel Pentium
Architecture codenameSkylake (2015−2016)Braswell (2015−2016)
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)1 April 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$192$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i5-6400T and Pentium N3700 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.2 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz2.4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0IDI
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache256 KBno data
L2 cache1 MB2 MB
L3 cache6 MB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size122 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature66 °C90 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-6400T and Pentium N3700 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1151FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-6400T and Pentium N3700. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data-
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data-

Security technologies

Core i5-6400T and Pentium N3700 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Key++
MPX+-
Identity Protection++
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+-
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-6400T and Pentium N3700 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d+-
VT-x++
VT-ino data-
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-6400T and Pentium N3700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR3
Maximum memory size64 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 530Intel® HD Graphics for Intel® Celeron® Processor N3000 Series
Max video memory64 GB8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video++
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency950 MHz700 MHz
Execution Unitsno data16
InTru 3D+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-6400T and Pentium N3700 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-6400T and Pentium N3700 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-6400T and Pentium N3700 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12+
OpenGL4.5+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-6400T and Pentium N3700.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes164
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data5
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i5-6400T 2.78
+243%
Pentium N3700 0.81

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i5-6400T 4282
+242%
Pentium N3700 1252

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i5-6400T 928
+418%
Pentium N3700 179

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i5-6400T 2537
+392%
Pentium N3700 516

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i5-6400T 4397
+266%
Pentium N3700 1200

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i5-6400T 14798
+370%
Pentium N3700 3148

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

i5-6400T 5161
+137%
Pentium N3700 2175

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

i5-6400T 12.88
+79.3%
Pentium N3700 23.09

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

i5-6400T 5
+182%
Pentium N3700 2

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

i5-6400T 420
+198%
Pentium N3700 141

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

i5-6400T 119
+222%
Pentium N3700 37

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

i5-6400T 1.35
+200%
Pentium N3700 0.45

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

i5-6400T 2.2
+134%
Pentium N3700 0.9

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

i5-6400T 2770
+169%
Pentium N3700 1030

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

i5-6400T 28
+180%
Pentium N3700 10

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

i5-6400T 139
+180%
Pentium N3700 50

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

i5-6400T 8687
+171%
Pentium N3700 3211

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

i5-6400T 3000
+214%
Pentium N3700 956

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.78 0.81
Recency 1 September 2015 1 April 2015
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 6 Watt

i5-6400T has a 243.2% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 5 months.

Pentium N3700, on the other hand, has 483.3% lower power consumption.

The Core i5-6400T is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium N3700 in performance tests.

Note that Core i5-6400T is a desktop processor while Pentium N3700 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core i5-6400T and Pentium N3700, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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