Pentium N3700 vs Celeron G3900T
Aggregate performance score
Celeron G3900T outperforms Pentium N3700 by an impressive 61% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Celeron G3900T and Pentium N3700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2284 | 2613 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Celeron | Intel Pentium |
| Power efficiency | 3.43 | 12.46 |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (2015−2016) | Braswell (2015−2016) |
| Release date | 19 October 2015 (9 years ago) | 1 April 2015 (9 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $161 |
Detailed specifications
Celeron G3900T and Pentium N3700 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | IDI |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 26 | no data |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 98.57 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 90 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron G3900T and Pentium N3700 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 (Uniprocessor) | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FCLGA1151 | FCBGA1170 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 6 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G3900T and Pentium N3700. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | - |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | + |
| Smart Response | no data | - |
| GPIO | no data | + |
| Smart Connect | no data | - |
| HD Audio | no data | + |
| RST | no data | - |
Security technologies
Celeron G3900T and Pentium N3700 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | - |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Boot | no data | + |
| Secure Key | + | + |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® ME | no data |
| OS Guard | - | - |
| Anti-Theft | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G3900T and Pentium N3700 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | - |
| VT-x | + | + |
| VT-i | no data | - |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron G3900T and Pentium N3700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 34.134 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel HD Graphics 510 | Intel HD Graphics for Intel Celeron Processor N3000 Series |
| Max video memory | 64 GB | 8 GB |
| Quick Sync Video | + | + |
| Clear Video | + | + |
| Clear Video HD | + | + |
| Graphics max frequency | 950 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Execution Units | no data | 16 |
| InTru 3D | + | - |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Celeron G3900T and Pentium N3700 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | 3 |
| eDP | + | + |
| DisplayPort | + | + |
| HDMI | + | + |
| DVI | + | no data |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron G3900T and Pentium N3700 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | + | no data |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 4096x2304@24Hz | no data |
| Max resolution over eDP | 4096x2304@60Hz | no data |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | 4096x2304@60Hz | no data |
| Max resolution over VGA | N/A | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Celeron G3900T and Pentium N3700 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 12 | + |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G3900T and Pentium N3700.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 4 |
| USB revision | no data | 2.0/3.0 |
| Total number of SATA ports | no data | 2 |
| Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | no data | 2 |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 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.
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.27 | 0.79 |
| Integrated graphics card | 1.61 | 0.77 |
| Recency | 19 October 2015 | 1 April 2015 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 6 Watt |
Celeron G3900T has a 60.8% higher aggregate performance score, 109.1% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 6 months.
Pentium N3700, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 483.3% lower power consumption.
The Celeron G3900T is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium N3700 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron G3900T and Pentium N3700, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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