Pentium Gold G6400 vs Pentium N3700

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium N3700
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
0.82
Pentium Gold G6400
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 58 Watt
2.69
+228%

Pentium Gold G6400 outperforms Pentium N3700 by a whopping 228% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium N3700 and Pentium Gold G6400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking26041713
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentiumno data
Power efficiency12.464.23
Architecture codenameBraswell (2015−2016)Comet Lake (2020)
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)30 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium N3700 and Pentium Gold G6400 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.6 GHz4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeIDIno data
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3700 and Pentium Gold G6400 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
SocketFCBGA1170FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt58 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3700 and Pentium Gold G6400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
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
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Pentium N3700 and Pentium Gold G6400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Boot+no data
Secure Key++
Identity Protection++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard-+
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3700 and Pentium Gold G6400 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 Pentium Gold G6400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size8 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Intel® Celeron® Processor N3000 SeriesIntel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memory8 GB64 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video++
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency700 MHz1.05 GHz
Execution Units16no data
InTru 3D-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3700 and Pentium Gold G6400 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium N3700 and Pentium Gold G6400 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N3700 and Pentium Gold G6400 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+12
OpenGL+4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3700 and Pentium Gold G6400.

PCIe version2.03.0
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

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.

Pentium N3700 0.82
Pentium Gold G6400 2.69
+228%

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.

Pentium N3700 1254
Pentium Gold G6400 4123
+229%

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.

Pentium N3700 179
Pentium Gold G6400 801
+347%

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.

Pentium N3700 517
Pentium Gold G6400 1654
+220%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.82 2.69
Recency 1 April 2015 30 April 2020
Physical cores 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 58 Watt

Pentium N3700 has 100% more physical cores, and 866.7% lower power consumption.

Pentium Gold G6400, on the other hand, has a 228% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 5 years.

The Pentium Gold G6400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium N3700 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium N3700 is a notebook processor while Pentium Gold G6400 is a desktop one.


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