i5-10210Y vs Pentium N4200

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium N4200
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.37
Core i5-10210Y
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 7 Watt
2.82
+106%

Core i5-10210Y outperforms Pentium N4200 by a whopping 106% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium N4200 and Core i5-10210Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking22311673
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Comet Lake
Power efficiency21.6129.65
Architecture codenameApollo Lake (2014−2016)Comet Lake-Y (2019)
Release date1 September 2016 (8 years ago)21 August 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium N4200 and Core i5-10210Y 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 speed1.1 GHz1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz4 GHz
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N4200 and Core i5-10210Y 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1296UTFCBGA1377
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt7 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N4200 and Core i5-10210Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Pentium N4200 and Core i5-10210Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N4200 and Core i5-10210Y 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 N4200 and Core i5-10210Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR3, DDR4DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data33.33 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 505Intel® UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel® Processors
Max video memory8 GB16 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video++
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency750 MHz1.05 GHz
Execution Units1824

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N4200 and Core i5-10210Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVIno data+
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium N4200 and Core i5-10210Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data3840 x 2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data3840 x 2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N4200 and Core i5-10210Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+12
OpenGL+4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N4200 and Core i5-10210Y.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes610
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no 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 N4200 1.37
i5-10210Y 2.82
+106%

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 N4200 2173
i5-10210Y 4475
+106%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.37 2.82
Recency 1 September 2016 21 August 2019
Threads 4 8
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 7 Watt

Pentium N4200 has 16.7% lower power consumption.

i5-10210Y, on the other hand, has a 105.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and 100% more threads.

The Core i5-10210Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium N4200 in performance tests.


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