Pentium N4200 vs Core m3-6Y30

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Aggregated performance score

Core m3-6Y30
2015
2 cores / 4 threads
1.41
Pentium N4200
2016
4 cores / 4 threads
1.41

General info

Comparing Core m3-6Y30 and Pentium N4200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking20872088
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core m3Intel Pentium
Architecture codenameSkylake (2015−2016)Apollo Lake (2016)
Release date1 September 2015 (8 years old)1 September 2016 (7 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$281$161
Current price$531 (1.9x MSRP)$352 (2.2x MSRP)

Technical specs

Core m3-6Y30 and Pentium N4200 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed0.9 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2.5 GHz
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache512 KB2 MB
L3 cache4 MB2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size98.57 mm210.3 mm × 9.57 mmno data
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Number of transistors1750 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core m3-6Y30 and Pentium N4200 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1515FCBGA1296
Power consumption (TDP)4.5 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core m3-6Y30 and Pentium N4200. 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+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
TSX-no data
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
SIPP--
Smart Response+-
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data-
StatusDiscontinuedLaunched
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data-

Security technologies

Core m3-6Y30 and Pentium N4200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core m3-6Y30 and Pentium N4200 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-d++
VT-x++
VT-ino data-
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core m3-6Y30 and Pentium N4200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR3DDR3, DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size16 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth29.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 515Intel HD Graphics 505
Max video memory16 GB8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video++
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency850 MHz750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18
InTru 3D+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core m3-6Y30 and Pentium N4200 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVI+no data
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core m3-6Y30 and Pentium N4200 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP3840x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort3840x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core m3-6Y30 and Pentium N4200 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12+
OpenGL4.5+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core m3-6Y30 and Pentium N4200.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes106
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 data8
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.

m3-6Y30 1.41
Pentium N4200 1.41

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

m3-6Y30 2167
Pentium N4200 2167

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.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

m3-6Y30 3388
+105%
Pentium N4200 1653

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 105% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

m3-6Y30 7158
+37.2%
Pentium N4200 5217

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 37% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

m3-6Y30 2780
+5.5%
Pentium N4200 2636

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 5% in 3DMark06 CPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

m3-6Y30 24.1
Pentium N4200 22.58
+6.7%

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 7% in wPrime 32.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

m3-6Y30 2
+9.1%
Pentium N4200 2

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 9% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Benchmark coverage: 15%

m3-6Y30 204
+25.2%
Pentium N4200 163

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 25% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

m3-6Y30 86
+64.4%
Pentium N4200 52

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 64% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

m3-6Y30 0.99
+52.3%
Pentium N4200 0.65

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 52% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

m3-6Y30 1.2
Pentium N4200 1.4
+16.7%

Pentium N4200 outperforms Core m3-6Y30 by 17% in TrueCrypt AES.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

m3-6Y30 1725
+82.7%
Pentium N4200 944

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 83% in WinRAR 4.0.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

m3-6Y30 73
+21.5%
Pentium N4200 60

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 22% in x264 encoding pass 1.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

m3-6Y30 13
+10.6%
Pentium N4200 12

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 11% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

m3-6Y30 2420
+73.4%
Pentium N4200 1396

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 73% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

m3-6Y30 4498
Pentium N4200 4595
+2.2%

Pentium N4200 outperforms Core m3-6Y30 by 2% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

m3-6Y30 5417
+37%
Pentium N4200 3954

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 37% in Geekbench 2.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

m3-6Y30 5140
+17.4%
Pentium N4200 4377

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 17% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

m3-6Y30 2762
+77%
Pentium N4200 1561

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 77% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Integrated graphics card 1.36 0.86
Recency 1 September 2015 1 September 2016
Physical cores 2 4
Cost $281 $161
Power consumption (TDP) 4 Watt 6 Watt

We couldn't decide between Core m3-6Y30 and Pentium N4200. The differences in performance seem too small.


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