Pentium A1020 vs Pentium N3700

Place in performance ranking	2470	2467
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Architecture codename	Braswell (2015−2016)	no data
Release date	1 April 2015 (9 years ago)	1 January 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	no data
Current price	$358 (2.2x MSRP)	no data

Technical specs

Pentium N3700 and Pentium A1020 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	1.6 GHz	2.41 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.7 GHz
L2 cache	2 MB	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	105 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3700 and Pentium A1020 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	FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3700 and Pentium A1020. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
SIPP	-	no data
Smart Response	-	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Smart Connect	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued
HD Audio	+	no data
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium N3700 and Pentium A1020 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3700 and Pentium A1020 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 Pentium A1020. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3L-1333
Maximum memory size	8 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	21.3 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel® Celeron® Processor N3000 Series	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	700 MHz	896 MHz
Execution Units	16	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3700 and Pentium A1020 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N3700 and Pentium A1020 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	+	11.2
OpenGL	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3700 and Pentium A1020.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	4	4
USB revision	2.0/3.0	3.0 and 2.0
Total number of SATA ports	2	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	5	5
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 0.80

Pentium A1020 0.81
+1.3%

Pentium A1020 outperforms Pentium N3700 by 1% based on our aggregated 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 N3700 1242

Pentium A1020 1249
+0.6%

Pentium A1020 outperforms Pentium N3700 by 1% 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 N3700 179

Pentium A1020 211
+17.9%

Pentium A1020 outperforms Pentium N3700 by 18% 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 N3700 518

Pentium A1020 704
+35.9%

Pentium A1020 outperforms Pentium N3700 by 36% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.