i3-10100F vs Pentium N3700

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium N3700
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
0.82
Core i3-10100F
2020
4 cores / 8 threads, 65 Watt
5.72
+598%

Core i3-10100F outperforms Pentium N3700 by a whopping 598% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium N3700 and Core i3-10100F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking26061143
Place by popularitynot in top-10019
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data21.13
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentiumno data
Power efficiency12.468.02
Architecture codenameBraswell (2015−2016)Comet Lake (2020)
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)12 October 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161$122

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium N3700 and Core i3-10100F 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed1.6 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus typeIDIno data
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cache2 MB1 MB
L3 cache0 KB6 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data126 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3700 and Core i3-10100F 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
SocketFCBGA1170FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3700 and Core i3-10100F. 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++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Pentium N3700 and Core i3-10100F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Boot+no data
Secure Key++
Identity Protection++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard-+
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3700 and Core i3-10100F are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N3700 and Core i3-10100F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Intel® Celeron® Processor N3000 Seriesno data
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 Core i3-10100F integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N3700 and Core i3-10100F integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+no data
OpenGL+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3700 and Core i3-10100F.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes416
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 0.82
i3-10100F 5.72
+598%

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 1254
i3-10100F 8759
+598%

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 178
i3-10100F 1452
+716%

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 516
i3-10100F 4500
+772%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.82 5.72
Recency 1 April 2015 12 October 2020
Threads 4 8
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 65 Watt

Pentium N3700 has 983.3% lower power consumption.

i3-10100F, on the other hand, has a 597.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and 100% more threads.

The Core i3-10100F is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium N3700 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium N3700 is a notebook processor while Core i3-10100F is a desktop one.


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