Celeron N4020C vs Pentium N3710

Primary details

Comparing Pentium N3710 and Celeron N4020C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2548	2484
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Power efficiency	13.72	15.30
Architecture codename	Braswell (2015−2016)	no data
Release date	1 April 2016 (8 years ago)	1 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium N3710 and Celeron N4020C 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.56 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus type	IDI	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	105 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3710 and Celeron N4020C 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FCBGA1170	FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3710 and Celeron N4020C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
vPro	no data	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Smart Response	-	-
GPIO	+	+
Smart Connect	-	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
HD Audio	+	no data
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium N3710 and Celeron N4020C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	+
Secure Boot	+	no data
Secure Key	+	+
MPX	-	+
Identity Protection	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	-	+
Anti-Theft	-	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3710 and Celeron N4020C 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 N3710 and Celeron N4020C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4/LPDDR4 up to 2400 MT/s
Maximum memory size	8 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics 405	Intel UHD Graphics 600
Max video memory	8 GB	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	700 MHz	650 MHz
Execution Units	16	12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3710 and Celeron N4020C integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	3
eDP	+	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
MIPI-DSI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium N3710 and Celeron N4020C integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N3710 and Celeron N4020C integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	+	12
OpenGL	+	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3710 and Celeron N4020C.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	4	6
USB revision	2.0/3.0	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	2	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	2
Number of USB ports	5	8
Integrated LAN	-	-
UART	+	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.87	0.97
Integrated graphics card	0.72	0.87
Recency	1 April 2016	1 January 2021
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2

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