Pentium Gold 4425Y vs Pentium N3520

Place in performance ranking	2576	2296
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Pentium
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)	Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date	1 December 2013 (10 years ago)	21 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	$161
Current price	$270 (1.7x MSRP)	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium N3520 and Pentium Gold 4425Y 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	4
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
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3520 and Pentium Gold 4425Y 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	FCBGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)	7.5 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3520 and Pentium Gold 4425Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	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	no data	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
SIPP	no data	-
Smart Response	no data	+
Smart Connect	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium N3520 and Pentium Gold 4425Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3520 and Pentium Gold 4425Y 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 Pentium Gold 4425Y. 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	29.8 GB/s
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 615
Max video memory	no data	16 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	-	+
Graphics max frequency	854 MHz	850 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3520 and Pentium Gold 4425Y integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium N3520 and Pentium Gold 4425Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N3520 and Pentium Gold 4425Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3520 and Pentium Gold 4425Y.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	4	10
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

Pentium Gold 4425Y 1.13
+52.7%

Pentium Gold 4425Y outperforms Pentium N3520 by 53% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Pentium N3520 144

Pentium Gold 4425Y 165
+14.2%

Pentium Gold 4425Y outperforms Pentium N3520 by 14% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made 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 (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Pentium N3520 38

Pentium Gold 4425Y 67
+75.3%

Pentium Gold 4425Y outperforms Pentium N3520 by 75% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.