i3-N300 vs M3-8100Y

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Primary details

Comparing M3-8100Y and Core i3-N300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1144
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core M3no data
Power efficiencyno data74.64
Architecture codenameAmber Lake (2018−2019)Alder Lake-N (2023)
Release date28 August 2018 (6 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$281$309

Detailed specifications

M3-8100Y and Core i3-N300 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 cores2 (Dual-core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speedno data0.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.1 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeOPIno data
Bus rate4 GT/sno data
Multiplier16no data
L1 cache128 KB96 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB2 MB (per module)
L3 cache4 MB6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on M3-8100Y and Core i3-N300 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
Socketno dataFCBGA1264
Power consumption (TDP)5 Watt7 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M3-8100Y and Core i3-N300. 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)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Thermal Monitoring-+
GPIOno data+

Security technologies

M3-8100Y and Core i3-N300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by M3-8100Y and Core i3-N300 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M3-8100Y and Core i3-N300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L-1600DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-4800
Maximum memory size16 GB16 GB
Max memory channels21
Maximum memory bandwidth29.861 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 615Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.25 GHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of M3-8100Y and Core i3-N300 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by M3-8100Y and Core i3-N300 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096 x 2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by M3-8100Y and Core i3-N300 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by M3-8100Y and Core i3-N300.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes109
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 1.98 5.57
Recency 28 August 2018 3 January 2023
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 4 8
Power consumption (TDP) 5 Watt 7 Watt

M3-8100Y has 40% lower power consumption.

i3-N300, on the other hand, has 181.3% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 years, and 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

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