Phenom II X4 955 (95W) vs Pentium N3700

Primary details

Comparing Pentium N3700 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2611not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentiumno data
Power efficiency12.38no data
Architecture codenameBraswell (2015−2016)Deneb (2009−2011)
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)1 April 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium N3700 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W) 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)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.6 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typeIDIno data
L1 cacheno data128 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data258 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data758 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3700 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W) 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
SocketFCBGA1170AM3
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3700 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W). You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Pentium N3700 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W) technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3700 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W) are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N3700 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Intel® Celeron® Processor N3000 SeriesOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency700 MHzno data
Execution Units16no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3700 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W) integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N3700 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W) integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+no data
OpenGL+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3700 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W).

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes4no data
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


Recency 1 April 2015 1 April 2009
Chip lithography 14 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 95 Watt

Pentium N3700 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 1483.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium N3700 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium N3700 is a notebook processor while Phenom II X4 955 (95W) is a desktop one.


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