Intel Pentium N3520 Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Pentium N3520 is a 4 core processor. It can handle 4 threads simultaneously and was introduced in Q4/2013. The Intel Pentium N3520 is based on the 6. generation of the Intel Pentium series and requires a mainboard with the socket BGA 1170. The Intel Pentium N3520 scores 237 points with one CPU core in the Geekbench 5 benchmark. When using all CPU cores, the result is 752 points.
Intel Pentium N3520

CPU lineage

Here you can see which group the Intel Pentium N3520 belongs to and which processor is the predecessor of the Intel Pentium N3520.

Name: Intel Pentium N3520
Family: Intel Pentium (150)
CPU group: Intel Pentium J2000/N3500 (6)
Architecture: Bay Trail
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 6
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The 4 CPU cores of the Intel Pentium N3520 clock with 2.17 GHz (2.42 GHz). The number of CPU cores and the clock frequency of the processor are largely responsible for the overall performance.

CPU Cores / Threads: 4 / 4
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 4x
Hyperthreading / SMT: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.17 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 2.42 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): 2.42 GHz

Internal Graphics

With the Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1), the Intel Pentium N3520 has an build in graphic solution. It has 4 SM processors, which have a total of 32 texture shaders. The iGPU not only enables games, but also significantly accelerates video playback.

GPU name: Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
GPU frequency: 0.31 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 0.85 GHz
Compute units: 4
Shader: 32
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q3/2013
Max. displays: 2
Generation: 7
Direct X: 11.2
Technology: 22 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 2 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

Processors that have an integrated graphics can play videos faster and more efficiently. This can have a positive effect on the battery life of notebooks, for example.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): No
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: No
VP9: No
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium N3520 supports up to 8 GB memory in up to 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum memory bandwidth of 21.3 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR3-1333
21.3 GB/s
Max. Memory: 8 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 2.0 x 4
PCIe Bandwidth: 2.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

With the TDP, the processor manufacturer specifies the cooling solution required for the processor. The Intel Pentium N3520 has a TDP of 7.5 W.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 7.5 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: 4.5 W
Tjunction max.: 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium N3520 has a 2.00 MB large cache. The processor is manufactured in 22 nm. Modern production increases the efficiency of the processor.

Technology: 22 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 1170
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 2.00 MB
AES-NI: No
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date: Q4/2013
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Pentium N3520 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


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 Atom x7-Z8700 Intel Atom x7-Z8700
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
239
Intel Celeron J1750 Intel Celeron J1750
2C 2T @ 2.41 GHz
238
Intel Celeron J1800 Intel Celeron J1800
2C 2T @ 2.58 GHz
238
Intel Pentium N3520 Intel Pentium N3520
4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz
237
Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 Qualcomm Snapdragon 808
6C 6T @ 1.82 GHz
237
Intel Atom x6200FE Intel Atom x6200FE
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
237
Intel Atom C2538 Intel Atom C2538
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
236

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.
AMD Athlon II X2 250 AMD Athlon II X2 250
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
756
Intel Celeron N4000C Intel Celeron N4000C
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
755
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Athlon 5150
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
754
Intel Pentium N3520 Intel Pentium N3520
4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz
752
AMD Opteron X3216 AMD Opteron X3216
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
751
AMD A8-3500M AMD A8-3500M
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
751
Intel Core2 Duo E6850 Intel Core2 Duo E6850
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
747

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 Pentium N3700 Intel Pentium N3700
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
186
Intel Celeron J1900 Intel Celeron J1900
4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz
185
Intel Celeron N2820 Intel Celeron N2820
2C 2T @ 2.39 GHz
185
Intel Pentium N3520 Intel Pentium N3520
4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz
184
Intel Atom x5-Z8500 Intel Atom x5-Z8500
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
184
MediaTek Helio G35 MediaTek Helio G35
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
183
Intel Celeron J3160 Intel Celeron J3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
182

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 Pentium N3700 Intel Pentium N3700
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
563
Intel Pentium 2117U Intel Pentium 2117U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
562
Intel Pentium 3558U Intel Pentium 3558U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
561
Intel Pentium N3520 Intel Pentium N3520
4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz
560
Intel Celeron J3160 Intel Celeron J3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
555
Intel Pentium J2850 Intel Pentium J2850
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
554
Intel Celeron 1000M Intel Celeron 1000M
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
553

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 Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.90 GHz
57
Intel Pentium N3530 Intel Pentium N3530
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.90 GHz
57
Intel Pentium N3540 Intel Pentium N3540
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.90 GHz
57
Intel Pentium N3520 Intel Pentium N3520
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.85 GHz
55
Intel Pentium J2850 Intel Pentium J2850
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.85 GHz
55
Intel Celeron N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.85 GHz
55
Intel Celeron N2930 Intel Celeron N2930
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.85 GHz
55

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 Core2 Duo E7600 Intel Core2 Duo E7600
2C 2T @ 3.06 GHz
1154
AMD Athlon II X2 250 AMD Athlon II X2 250
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
1145
Intel Celeron 3215U Intel Celeron 3215U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
1145
Intel Pentium N3520 Intel Pentium N3520
4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz
1139
Intel Celeron J1900 Intel Celeron J1900
4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz
1139
Intel Core2 Duo E6850 Intel Core2 Duo E6850
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
1137
AMD Athlon II X2 250e AMD Athlon II X2 250e
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
1137

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 Celeron 2961Y Intel Celeron 2961Y
2C 2T @ 1.10 GHz
39
Intel Celeron J1900 Intel Celeron J1900
4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz
39
Intel Pentium N3510 Intel Pentium N3510
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
39
Intel Pentium N3520 Intel Pentium N3520
4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz
38
Intel Atom Z3795 Intel Atom Z3795
4C 4T @ 2.39 GHz
38
Intel Celeron J3160 Intel Celeron J3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
38
Intel Celeron N3010 Intel Celeron N3010
2C 2T @ 2.24 GHz
38

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 Celeron N4000C Intel Celeron N4000C
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
144
Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
144
Intel Celeron N4020C Intel Celeron N4020C
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
144
Intel Pentium N3520 Intel Pentium N3520
4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz
143
AMD Phenom II X2 B53 AMD Phenom II X2 B53
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
142
AMD A9-9425 AMD A9-9425
2C 2T @ 3.10 GHz
141
Intel Celeron N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
140

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