i3-1120G4 vs Pentium N3700

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium N3700 and Core i3-1120G4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2630not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Tiger Lake
Power efficiency12.45no data
Architecture codenameBraswell (2015−2016)Tiger Lake-UP4 (2020)
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)2 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium N3700 and Core i3-1120G4 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeIDIno data
Bus rateno data2 GT/s
L1 cacheno data96K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm SuperFin
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3700 and Core i3-1120G4 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
SocketFCBGA1170FCBGA1598
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3700 and Core i3-1120G4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium N3700 and Core i3-1120G4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3700 and Core i3-1120G4 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x++
VT-i-no data
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N3700 and Core i3-1120G4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics for Intel Celeron Processor N3000 SeriesIntel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel Processors
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency700 MHz1.1 GHz
Execution Units1648

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3700 and Core i3-1120G4 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported34
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium N3700 and Core i3-1120G4 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680x4320@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N3700 and Core i3-1120G4 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+12.1
OpenGL+4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3700 and Core i3-1120G4.

PCIe version2.04.0
PCI Express lanes416
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports5no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 0.77 5.58
Recency 1 April 2015 2 September 2020
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 15 Watt

Pentium N3700 has 150% lower power consumption.

i3-1120G4, on the other hand, has 624.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

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