Intel Pentium N3520 @ 2.16GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium N3520 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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Is the Intel Pentium N3520 @ 2.16GHz Good for Gaming?

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Intel Pentium N3520 @ 2.16GHz

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: FCBGA1170

Clockspeed: 2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed: 2.4 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 7.5 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 24 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 1024 KB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU N3520 @ 2.16GHz, Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU N3520 @ 2.16GHz, Intel Pentium CPU N3520 @ 2.16GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2014

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
4326th fastest in multithreading out of 5819 CPUs
4465th fastest in single threading out of 5819 CPUs
1016th fastest in out of 1614 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1144

Single Thread Rating

663

Samples: 277*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,775
Thread: 545

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium N3520 @ 2.16GHz

Integer Math	7,017 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,646 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	4,120 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	304.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	29,855 KBytes/Sec
Physics	130 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	447 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	663 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium N3520 @ 2.16GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of March 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of March 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 12th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,223
Apple M4 10 Core		23,683
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,610
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,739
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		17,994
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,463
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,644
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,130
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,591
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,382
Intel Pentium N3520 @ 2.16GHz		1,144

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 12th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.19
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		49.97
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.36
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.03
Intel Pentium N3520 @ 2.16GHz		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 12th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M4 10 Core		4,514
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,675
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,501
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,021
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,002
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,885
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,613
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,587
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,391
Intel Pentium N3520 @ 2.16GHz		663

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium N3520 @ 2.16GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3252595 - Jan 30 2026		1121
BL3037436 - Nov 08 2025		1230
BL5106507 - Nov 08 2025		1230
BL3001172 - Oct 24 2025 [Overclocked]		1219
BL3000732 - Oct 24 2025		1141

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium N3520 @ 2.16GHz
As of 12th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium N3520 @ 2.16GHz		1,144
AMD A4-5000 APU vs Intel Pentium N3520		1,286 (+12.5%)
AMD E2-3800 APU vs Intel Pentium N3520		1,136 (-0.7%)
AMD GX-415GA SOC vs Intel Pentium N3520		1,407 (+23.0%)
AMD E2-6110 APU vs Intel Pentium N3520		1,231 (+7.6%)
AMD A6-5350M APU vs Intel Pentium N3520		1,207 (+5.5%)
Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz vs Intel Pentium N3520		1,202 (+5.1%)
Intel Atom Z3795 @ 1.60GHz vs Intel Pentium N3520		1,196 (+4.5%)
Intel Pentium N3530 @ 2.16GHz vs Intel Pentium N3520		1,149 (+0.4%)
AMD A6-1450 APU vs Intel Pentium N3520		1,062 (-7.2%)
Intel Celeron N2930 @ 1.83GHz vs Intel Pentium N3520		1,029 (-10.0%)
Intel Celeron N2920 @ 1.86GHz vs Intel Pentium N3520		941 (-17.7%)
AMD A8-3520M APU vs Intel Pentium N3520		1,421 (+24.2%)

Is the Intel Pentium N3520 @ 2.16GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 12th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,794
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX		9,365
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,984
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX		8,664
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX		7,915
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		7,899
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,718
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H		7,303
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX		7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX		6,892
AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 392		6,807
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,701
Intel Pentium N3520 @ 2.16GHz		110

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