Pentium P6300 vs Pentium N3710

Place in the ranking	2563	2873
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Pentium
Power efficiency	13.88	1.43
Architecture codename	Braswell (2015−2016)	Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date	1 April 2016 (8 years ago)	11 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium N3710 and Pentium P6300 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	2.27 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.56 GHz	0.07 GHz
Bus type	IDI	DMI 1.0
Bus rate	no data	1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	17
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	81+114 mm²
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	no data	382 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3710 and Pentium P6300 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCBGA1170	PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3710 and Pentium P6300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
FMA	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Smart Response	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
PAE	no data	36 Bit
GPIO	+	no data
Smart Connect	-	no data
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+
HD Audio	+	no data
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium N3710 and Pentium P6300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+
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 N3710 and Pentium P6300 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N3710 and Pentium P6300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	17.051 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics 405 (Braswell) (400 - 700 MHz)	Intel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	+
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	700 MHz	667 MHz
Execution Units	16	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3710 and Pentium P6300 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	2
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N3710 and Pentium P6300 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	+	no data
OpenGL	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3710 and Pentium P6300.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	4	16
USB revision	2.0/3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	5	no 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 N3710 0.88
+66%

Pentium P6300 0.53

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 N3710 1390
+66.7%

Pentium P6300 834

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.88	0.53
Integrated graphics card	0.73	0.77
Recency	1 April 2016	11 January 2011
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	35 Watt

Pentium N3710 has a 66% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 483.3% lower power consumption.

Pentium P6300, on the other hand, has 5.5% faster integrated GPU.

The Pentium N3710 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium P6300 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium N3710 and Pentium P6300, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.