i3-N305 vs Pentium Dual T3200

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T3200 and Core i3-N305 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1065
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual Coreno data
Power efficiencyno data39.56
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Alder Lake-N (2023)
Release date1 October 2008 (16 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$309

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T3200 and Core i3-N305 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speedno data0.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus rate667 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data96 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2 MB (per module)
L3 cacheno data6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size143 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Number of transistors291 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T3200 and Core i3-N305 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataFCBGA1264
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T3200 and Core i3-N305. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Thermal Monitoring-+
GPIOno data+

Security technologies

Pentium Dual Core T3200 and Core i3-N305 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T3200 and Core i3-N305 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T3200 and Core i3-N305. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.25 GHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Dual Core T3200 and Core i3-N305 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Dual Core T3200 and Core i3-N305 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096 x 2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Dual Core T3200 and Core i3-N305 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Dual Core T3200 and Core i3-N305.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data9
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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.

Pentium Dual T3200 631
i3-N305 9955
+1478%

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.

Pentium Dual T3200 3600
i3-N305 26169
+627%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2008 3 January 2023
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 8
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt

i3-N305 has an age advantage of 14 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

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