Pentium N4200 vs Pentium 4417U

General info

Comparing Pentium 4417U and Pentium N4200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2045	2091
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Pentium
Architecture codename	no data	Apollo Lake (2016)
Release date	1 January 2019 (5 years old)	1 September 2016 (7 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$161
Current price	$417	$352 (2.2x MSRP)

Technical specs

Pentium 4417U 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2.5 GHz
L2 cache	no data	2 MB
L3 cache	2 MB SmartCache	2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4417U 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FCBGA1356	FCBGA1296
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4417U and Pentium N4200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
vPro	-	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
My WiFi	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
TSX	-	no data
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
SIPP	-	-
Smart Response	+	-
GPIO	no data	+
Smart Connect	no data	-
Status	Launched	Launched
HD Audio	no data	+
RST	no data	-

Security technologies

Pentium 4417U and Pentium N4200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Boot	no data	+
Secure Key	+	+
MPX	+	+
Identity Protection	no data	+
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	+
Anti-Theft	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4417U and Pentium N4200 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4417U and Pentium N4200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600	DDR3, DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size	32 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics 610	Intel HD Graphics 505
Max video memory	32 GB	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	+	+
Clear Video HD	+	+
Graphics max frequency	950 MHz	750 MHz
Execution Units	12	18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 4417U and Pentium N4200 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	3
eDP	+	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
DVI	+	no data
MIPI-DSI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium 4417U and Pentium N4200 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2304@24Hz	no data
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2304@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2304@60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium 4417U and Pentium N4200 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	+
OpenGL	4.4	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 4417U and Pentium N4200.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	12	6
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	8
Integrated LAN	no data	-
UART	no 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.

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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 4417U outperforms Pentium N4200 by 5% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	1.47	1.40
Integrated graphics card	1.84	0.86
Recency	1 January 2019	1 September 2016
Physical cores	2	4
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	6 Watt

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