Processor N100: specs and benchmarks

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Processor N100
2023
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
2.43

Processor N100 provides poor benchmark performance at 2.43% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Processor N100 sales 3 January 2023 at a recommended price of $128. This is an Alder Lake-N architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 10 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3400 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is Intel BGA 1264 processor with a TDP of 6 Watt. It supports DDR4, DDR5 memory.

Primary details

Processor N100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking1776
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentLaptop
SeriesIntel Alder Lake-N
Power efficiency38.33of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameAlder Lake-N (2023)
Release date3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$128of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads4
Base clock speed0.1 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3.4 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache96 KB (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache2 MB (shared)of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache6 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography10 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Maximum core temperature105 °Cof 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility+

Compatibility

Information on Processor N100 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketIntel BGA 1264
Power consumption (TDP)6 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Processor N100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+
FMA+
AVX+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Processor N100's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Processor N100.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) ( - 750 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes9of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Processor N100. Overall benchmark performance 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.

Processor N100 2.43

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Processor N100 4869

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Processor N100 11207

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Processor N100 4838

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Processor N100 4

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Processor N100 402

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Processor N100 148

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Processor N100 1.76

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Processor N100 2.9

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Processor N100 2372

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Processor N100 24

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Processor N100 121

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Processor N100 2829

Blender(-)

Processor N100 1199

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Processor N100 986

7-Zip Single

Processor N100 3654

7-Zip

Processor N100 11664

WebXPRT 3

Processor N100 171

CrossMark Overall

Processor N100 786

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Processor N100 134

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Processor N100 2067

Geekbench 6.3 Multi-Core

Processor N100 3157

Geekbench 6.3 Single-Core

Processor N100 1222

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Processor N100's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook CPUs.


Processor N100 100

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Processor N100 is Athlon 300U, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 4 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Processor N100:

Processor N100 100

Similar processors

Here is our recommendation of several processors that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

Recommended GPUs

People consider these graphics cards to be good for Processor N100, according to our PC configuration statistics.

These are the fastest graphics cards for Processor N100 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 4725 configurations using Processor N100 in our database.

RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 4090
3.2% (152/4725)
RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 4080
0.04% (2/4725)
RTX 4070 Ti GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
0.06% (3/4725)
RX 7900 XTX Radeon RX 7900 XTX
0.3% (15/4725)
RTX 3090 Ti GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
0.02% (1/4725)
RTX 3080 Ti GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
0.06% (3/4725)
RTX 4070 GeForce RTX 4070
0.02% (1/4725)

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