Atom N455 vs Pentium N3700

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium N3700
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
0.79
+558%
Atom N455
2010
1 core / 2 threads, 6 Watt
0.12

Pentium N3700 outperforms Atom N455 by a whopping 558% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium N3700 and Atom N455 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking26293352
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Atom
Power efficiency12.461.62
Architecture codenameBraswell (2015−2016)Pinetrail (2009−2011)
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)1 June 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161$64

Detailed specifications

Pentium N3700 and Atom N455 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.66 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz1.67 GHz
Bus typeIDIno data
Bus rateno data533 MHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data66 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data123 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3700 and Atom N455 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCBGA1170FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt6.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3700 and Atom N455. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
AES-NI+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Response-no data
Demand Based Switchingno data-
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Pentium N3700 and Atom N455 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3700 and Atom N455 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N3700 and Atom N455. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GB2 GB
Max memory channels21

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics for Intel Celeron Processor N3000 SeriesIntel GMA 3150
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency700 MHzno data
Execution Units16no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3700 and Atom N455 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N3700 and Atom N455 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+no data
OpenGL+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3700 and Atom N455.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes4no data
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports5no data
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.


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 N3700 0.79
+558%
Atom N455 0.12

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 N3700 1253
+539%
Atom N455 196

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.

Pentium N3700 179
+238%
Atom N455 53

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.

Pentium N3700 520
+550%
Atom N455 80

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Pentium N3700 1200
+113%
Atom N455 564

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 N3700 3148
+265%
Atom N455 863

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Pentium N3700 2175
+344%
Atom N455 490

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Pentium N3700 23.09
+418%
Atom N455 119.5

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.79 0.12
Integrated graphics card 0.77 0.01
Recency 1 April 2015 1 June 2010
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 45 nm

Pentium N3700 has a 558.3% higher aggregate performance score, 7600% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 years, 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Pentium N3700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom N455 in performance tests.


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