Intel Pentium N3520 vs Pentium 2127U

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Combined performance score

Pentium 2127U
0.69

Pentium N3520 outperforms Pentium 2127U by 7% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Pentium 2127U and Pentium N3520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking25692528
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Pentium
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge (2012−2013)Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)
Release date1 July 2013 (10 years old)1 December 2013 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$134$161
Current price$388 (2.9x MSRP)$270 (1.7x MSRP)

Technical specs

Pentium 2127U and Pentium N3520 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)
Threads24
Base clock speed1.9 GHz2.17 GHz
Boost clock speed1.9 GHz2.42 GHz
L1 cache128 KB224 KB
L2 cache512 KB2 MB
L3 cache2 MB2 MB
Chip lithography22 nm22 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 2127U and Pentium N3520 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
SocketFCBGA1023FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt7.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 2127U and Pentium N3520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI--
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
Smart Connectno data+
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued
RSTno data-

Security technologies

Pentium 2127U and Pentium N3520 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protectionno data-
Anti-Theft--

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 2127U and Pentium N3520 are enumerated here.

VT-d--
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 2127U and Pentium N3520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3L-1333
Maximum memory size32 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® ProcessorsIntel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series
Quick Sync Video--
Clear Video HD--
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHz854 MHz
InTru 3D--

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 2127U and Pentium N3520 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported32
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+no data
HDMI+no data
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 2127U and Pentium N3520.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes164
USB revisionno data3.0 and 2.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data5

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.

Pentium 2127U 0.69
Pentium N3520 0.74
+7.2%

Pentium N3520 outperforms Pentium 2127U by 7% in our combined benchmark results.


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%

Pentium 2127U 1064
Pentium N3520 1141
+7.2%

Pentium N3520 outperforms Pentium 2127U by 7% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Pentium 2127U 305
+77.3%
Pentium N3520 172

Pentium 2127U outperforms Pentium N3520 by 77% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Pentium 2127U 545
+11.5%
Pentium N3520 489

Pentium 2127U outperforms Pentium N3520 by 11% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

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%

Pentium 2127U 2625
+110%
Pentium N3520 1252

Pentium 2127U outperforms Pentium N3520 by 110% 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%

Pentium 2127U 5016
+15.9%
Pentium N3520 4328

Pentium 2127U outperforms Pentium N3520 by 16% 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%

Pentium 2127U 2027
Pentium N3520 2320
+14.5%

Pentium N3520 outperforms Pentium 2127U by 14% 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%

Pentium 2127U 39.64
Pentium N3520 28
+41.6%

Pentium 2127U outperforms Pentium N3520 by 42% 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%

Pentium 2127U 2
Pentium N3520 2
+16.6%

Pentium N3520 outperforms Pentium 2127U by 17% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-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%

Pentium 2127U 0.79
+79.5%
Pentium N3520 0.44

Pentium 2127U outperforms Pentium N3520 by 80% 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%

Pentium 2127U 0.2
Pentium N3520 0.3
+73.3%

Pentium N3520 outperforms Pentium 2127U by 73% 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%

Pentium 2127U 1810
+50.4%
Pentium N3520 1204

Pentium 2127U outperforms Pentium N3520 by 50% 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%

Pentium 2127U 49
Pentium N3520 51
+3.6%

Pentium N3520 outperforms Pentium 2127U by 4% 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%

Pentium 2127U 9
Pentium N3520 10
+14.8%

Pentium N3520 outperforms Pentium 2127U by 15% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Pentium 2127U 3401
+5.6%
Pentium N3520 3220

Pentium 2127U outperforms Pentium N3520 by 6% in Geekbench 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.69 0.74
Recency 1 July 2013 1 December 2013
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Cost $134 $161
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 7 Watt

We couldn't decide between Pentium 2127U and Pentium N3520. The differences in performance seem too small.


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