Intel Core m3-8100Y vs Intel Pentium N4200

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core m3-8100Y CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium N4200
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Pentium N4200

CPU comparison

Intel Core m3-8100Y or Intel Pentium N4200 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core m3-8100Y has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core m3-8100Y was released in Q3/2018.

The Intel Pentium N4200 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium N4200 was released in Q3/2016.
Intel Core i3 (205) Family Intel Pentium (150)
Intel Core M 8 (1) CPU group Intel Pentium J4000/N4000 (2)
8 Generation 8
Amber Lake Y Architecture Apollo Lake
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core m3-8100Y has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core m3-8100Y is 1.10 GHz (3.40 GHz) while the Intel Pentium N4200 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium N4200 is at 1.10 GHz (2.50 GHz).

Intel Core m3-8100Y Characteristic Intel Pentium N4200
2 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.10 GHz Frequency 1.10 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.50 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.50 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core m3-8100Y Characteristic Intel Pentium N4200
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core m3-8100Y or Intel Pentium N4200 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel UHD Graphics 615 GPU Intel HD Graphics 505
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
0.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.75 GHz
9.5 GPU Generation 9
14 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
24 Compute units 18
192 Shader 144
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel UHD Graphics 615 GPU Intel HD Graphics 505
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core m3-8100Y can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 29.9 GB/s. The Intel Pentium N4200 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.

Intel Core m3-8100Y Characteristic Intel Pentium N4200
LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600 Memory LPDDR3-1866, DDR4-2400, DDR3-1866
16 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
29.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
10 PCIe lanes 6
9.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 3.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core m3-8100Y is 5 W, while the Intel Pentium N4200 has a TDP of 6 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core m3-8100Y Characteristic Intel Pentium N4200
5 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
8 W TDP up --
4.5 W TDP down 4 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core m3-8100Y is manufactured in 14 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium N4200 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

Intel Core m3-8100Y Characteristic Intel Pentium N4200
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
BGA 1515 Socket BGA 1296
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2018 Release date Q3/2016
281 $ Release price 56 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core m3-8100Y (100%)
Intel Pentium N4200 (44%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core m3-8100Y (99%)
Intel Pentium N4200 (77%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
763 (100%)
Intel Pentium N4200 Intel Pentium N4200
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
326 (43%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
1429 (100%)
Intel Pentium N4200 Intel Pentium N4200
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1164 (81%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1028 (100%)
Intel Pentium N4200 Intel Pentium N4200
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
290 (28%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
1740 (100%)
Intel Pentium N4200 Intel Pentium N4200
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
682 (39%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
231 (100%)
Intel Pentium N4200 Intel Pentium N4200
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
113 (49%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
412 (100%)
Intel Pentium N4200 Intel Pentium N4200
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
371 (90%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
Intel UHD Graphics 615 @ 0.90 GHz
346 (100%)
Intel Pentium N4200 Intel Pentium N4200
Intel HD Graphics 505 @ 0.75 GHz
216 (63%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
2916 (100%)
Intel Pentium N4200 Intel Pentium N4200
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
2148 (74%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
93 (100%)
Intel Pentium N4200 Intel Pentium N4200
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
50 (54%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
176 (97%)
Intel Pentium N4200 Intel Pentium N4200
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
182 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium N4200 Intel Pentium N4200
4C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
624 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Pentium N4200
GPD P2 Max Windows 10 Ultrabook
GPD P2 MAX Ultra Mobiler Mini PC Laptop 8.9 Zoll
Laptop ONE-Netbook OneMix 3s
ASUS Chromebook Flip C434TA-AI0108
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