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Intel Pentium N3520 vs Intel Core i3-7100

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 20 %
Intel Pentium N3520
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-7100
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 28 %
Intel Pentium N3520
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-7100
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Pentium N3520
4C / 4T · 2.42 GHz
184
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
1,225
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium N3520
4C / 4T · 2.42 GHz
560
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
2,436
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Pentium N3520
4C / 4T · 2.42 GHz
237
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
973
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium N3520
4C / 4T · 2.42 GHz
752
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
2,076
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Pentium N3520
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
55
Intel Core i3-7100
Intel HD Graphics 630
422
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Pentium N3520
4C / 4T · 2.42 GHz
38 cb
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
168 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium N3520
4C / 4T · 2.42 GHz
143 cb
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
425 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Intel Pentium N3520Intel Core i3-7100
FamilyIntel Pentium (150)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Pentium J2000/N3500 (6)Intel Core i 7000 (17)
ArchitectureBay TrailKaby Lake S
Technology22 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketBGA 1170LGA 1151
PredecessorIntel Core i3-6100
SuccessorIntel Core i3-8100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Pentium N3520Intel Core i3-7100
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x
Frequency: 2.17 GHz 3.90 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 2.42 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 2.42 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache2.00 MB3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Pentium N3520Intel Core i3-7100
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)Intel HD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.31 - 0.85 GHz0.35 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader4 / 3224 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory2 GB64 GB
Technology22 nm14 nm
Release dateQ3/2013Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

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Intel Pentium N3520Intel Core i3-7100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Pentium N3520Intel Core i3-7100
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory8 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 43.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth2.0 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Pentium N3520Intel Core i3-7100
TDP7.5 W51 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down4.5 W
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Pentium N3520Intel Core i3-7100
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ4/2013Q1/2017
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Pentium N3520
Intel Pentium N3520
4C / 4T · 2.17 - 2.42 GHz
Intel Core i3-7100
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

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