Intel Processor N95

The Intel Processor N95 (sometimes also called Celeron N95 or Pentium N95) is an entry-level mobile CPU for thin and light laptops from the Alder Lake-N series. It was announced in early 2023 and offers no performance cores and 4 of the 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The chip does not support HyperThreading and clocks with up to 3.4 GHz. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare to the Core i7-6700HQ). All cores can use up to 6 MB L3-cache. Compared to the similar Processor N100, the N95 offers a slightly higher TDP and therefore maybe a slightly improved sustained performance.

Performance

The average N95 in our database is in the same league as the Pentium 7505 and the Core i3-1115G4, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. That's not a great result, to put it mildly.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are and how competent the cooling solution of your system is.

Features

The Alder Lake-N chips only support single channel memory with up to DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 or LPDDR5-4800. The chip also supports Quick Sync and AV1 decoding (most likely same engine as in Alder Lake). Furthermore, Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 are partly integrated (but no Thunderbolt). External chips can be connected via PCIe Gen3 x9 (via the PCH).

The integrated graphics adapter is based on the Xe-architecture and offers only 16 of the 32 EUs (Execution Units) operating at only 1200 MHz. Due to the single channel memory, low clock speeds, and low shader count, the gaming performance of the iGPU is very limited.

Power consumption

The N95 has a base power consumption of 12 W (compared to the 6 W of the N100) and is therefore well suited for thin and light systems. The CPU is built with a further improved 10nm SuperFin process at Intel (called Intel 7).

Codename	Alder Lake-N
Series	Intel Alder Lake-N
Series: Alder Lake-N Alder Lake-N Intel Core i3-N305 1.8 - 3.8 GHz 8 / 8  6 MB L3 Intel Core i3-N300 - 3.8 GHz 8 / 8  6 MB L3 Intel Processor N200 1 - 3.7 GHz 4 / 4  6 MB L3 Intel Processor N97 - 3.6 GHz 4 / 4  6 MB L3 Intel Processor N95 « - 3.4 GHz 4 / 4  6 MB L3 Intel Processor N100 1 - 3.4 GHz 4 / 4  6 MB L3 Intel Processor N50 1 - 3.4 GHz 2 / 2  6 MB L3
Clock Rate	<=3400 MHz
Level 3 Cache	6 MB
Number of Cores / Threads	4 / 4 4 x 3.4 GHz Intel Crestmont E-Core
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)	15 Watt
Manufacturing Technology	10 nm
Max. Temperature	105 °C
Socket	BGA1264
Features	DDR4-3200/DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-4800 RAM (sin. chan.), PCIe 3, GNA, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA
GPU	Intel UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) ( - 1200 MHz)
64 Bit	64 Bit support
Architecture	x86
Announcement Date	01/03/2023
Product Link (external)	ark.intel.com

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