N100 vs Pentium B915C

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium B915C and N100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1532
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Power efficiencyno data54.71
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)no data
Release date1 May 2012 (12 years ago)1 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium B915C and N100 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)no data
Threads24
Boost clock speed1.5 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache2048 KB (shared)6 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size131 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors504 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B915C and N100 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 configuration11
SocketG2 (988B)FCBGA1264
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B915C and N100. 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-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Thermal Monitoring-+
GPIOno data+

Security technologies

Pentium B915C and N100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B915C and N100 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B915C and N100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data24

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B915C and N100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium B915C and N100 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 Pentium B915C and N100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B915C and N100.

PCI Express lanesno data9
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 May 2012 1 January 2023
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 6 Watt

N100 has an age advantage of 10 years, 100% more threads, and 483.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium B915C and N100. We've got no test results to judge.


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