Celeron N5095A vs Pentium N3520

Primary details

Comparing Pentium N3520 and Celeron N5095A processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2553	1604
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)	no data
Release date	1 December 2013 (10 years ago)	1 July 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	no data
Current price	$270 (1.7x MSRP)	$92

Detailed specifications

Pentium N3520 and Celeron N5095A 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	2.17 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.42 GHz	2.9 GHz
L1 cache	224 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	no data
L3 cache	2 MB	4 MB L3 Cache
Chip lithography	22 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	105 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3520 and Celeron N5095A 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	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	7.5 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3520 and Celeron N5095A. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	-	+
vPro	no data	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Smart Response	no data	-
GPIO	no data	+
Smart Connect	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Status	Discontinued	Launched
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium N3520 and Celeron N5095A technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3520 and Celeron N5095A are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N3520 and Celeron N5095A. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1333	DDR4 LPDDR4x
Maximum memory size	8 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
ECC memory support	no data	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	854 MHz	750 MHz
Execution Units	no data	16

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3520 and Celeron N5095A integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium N3520 and Celeron N5095A integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N3520 and Celeron N5095A integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3520 and Celeron N5095A.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	4	8
USB revision	3.0 and 2.0	2.0/3.2
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	5	14
Integrated LAN	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.

Celeron N5095A outperforms Pentium N3520 by 261% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.74	2.67
Recency	1 December 2013	1 July 2021
Chip lithography	22 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	15 Watt

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