E-300 vs Pentium N4200
General info
Comparing Pentium N4200 and E-300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2088 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Pentium | AMD E-Series |
| Architecture codename | Apollo Lake (2016) | Zacate (2011−2013) |
| Release date | 1 September 2016 (7 years old) | 22 August 2011 (12 years old) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $161 | no data |
| Current price | $352 (2.2x MSRP) | $200 |
Technical specs
Pentium N4200 and E-300 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 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 1.1 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 1.3 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB L2 Cache | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Die size | no data | 75 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium N4200 and E-300 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 | FCBGA1296 | FT1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 18 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N4200 and E-300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | DDR3-1066 RAM (sin. chan.), PCIe 2 [?], MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SVM |
| AES-NI | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | no data |
| SIPP | - | no data |
| Smart Response | - | no data |
| GPIO | + | no data |
| Smart Connect | - | no data |
| Status | Launched | no data |
| HD Audio | + | no data |
| RST | - | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium N4200 and E-300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| Secure Boot | + | no data |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| MPX | + | no data |
| Identity Protection | + | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
| Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N4200 and E-300 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | no data | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| VT-i | - | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N4200 and E-300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3, DDR3, DDR4 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| ECC memory support | - | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel HD Graphics 505 | AMD Radeon HD 6310 |
| Max video memory | 8 GB | no data |
| Quick Sync Video | + | no data |
| Clear Video | + | no data |
| Clear Video HD | + | no data |
| Graphics max frequency | 750 MHz | no data |
| Execution Units | 18 | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N4200 and E-300 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | no data |
| eDP | + | no data |
| DisplayPort | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | no data |
| MIPI-DSI | + | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pentium N4200 and E-300 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | + | no data |
| OpenGL | + | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N4200 and E-300.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 6 | no data |
| USB revision | 2.0/3.0 | no data |
| Total number of SATA ports | 2 | no data |
| Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | 2 | no data |
| Number of USB ports | 8 | no 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.
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 N4200 outperforms E-300 by 539% 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 N4200 outperforms E-300 by 243% 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 N4200 outperforms E-300 by 442% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 20%
Pentium N4200 outperforms E-300 by 94% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
Pentium N4200 outperforms E-300 by 344% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
Pentium N4200 outperforms E-300 by 214% in 3DMark06 CPU.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 18%
E-300 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 250% in wPrime 32.
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
Pentium N4200 outperforms E-300 by 335% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core
Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark 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 loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
Pentium N4200 outperforms E-300 by 160% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Integrated graphics card | 0.86 | |
| Recency | 1 September 2016 | 22 August 2011 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 18 Watt |
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