Celeron 3215U vs Pentium N3520

Place in performance ranking	2576	2592
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Celeron
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)	Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date	1 December 2013 (10 years ago)	1 June 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	$107
Current price	$270 (1.7x MSRP)	$256 (2.4x MSRP)

Detailed specifications

Pentium N3520 and Celeron 3215U 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.17 GHz	1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.42 GHz	1.7 GHz
L1 cache	224 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	2 MB	2 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	82 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1300 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3520 and Celeron 3215U 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	FCBGA1170	FCBGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)	7.5 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3520 and Celeron 3215U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
TSX	no data	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Smart Response	no data	-
Smart Connect	+	no data
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium N3520 and Celeron 3215U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
Identity Protection	-	+
OS Guard	no data	-
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3520 and Celeron 3215U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N3520 and Celeron 3215U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1333	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	Intel® HD Graphics for 5th Generation Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	-	-
Graphics max frequency	854 MHz	850 MHz
InTru 3D	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3520 and Celeron 3215U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	no data	+
HDMI	no data	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N3520 and Celeron 3215U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

no data

11.2/12

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3520 and Celeron 3215U.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	4	12
USB revision	3.0 and 2.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	5	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.

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 N3520 0.74
+2.8%

Celeron 3215U 0.72

Pentium N3520 outperforms Celeron 3215U by 3% based on our aggregate 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 N3520 1143
+2.2%

Celeron 3215U 1118

Pentium N3520 outperforms Celeron 3215U by 2% 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 N3520 172

Celeron 3215U 334
+94.2%

Celeron 3215U outperforms Pentium N3520 by 94% 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 N3520 489

Celeron 3215U 590
+20.7%

Celeron 3215U outperforms Pentium N3520 by 21% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.74	0.72
Recency	1 December 2013	1 June 2015
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Cost	$161	$107
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	15 Watt