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Intel Processor N100 vs Intel Core i3-4158U

Intel Processor N100

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The Intel Processor N100 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 1 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.

Performance

The average N100 in our database delivers unimpressive multi-thread benchmark scores that are most similar to those of the Core i3-1115G4. The chip is fast enough for many day-to-day tasks, but not much more than that; the other thing to keep in mind is that of the two N100-toting systems tested by us as of October 2023, both have rather high CPU power limits. The chip will be noticeably slower if limited to just six or seven Watts.

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 24 of the 32 EUs (Execution Units) operating at only 450 - 750 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 N100 has a base power consumption of only 6 W and is therefore suited for fanless cooling. The CPU is built with a further improved 10nm SuperFin process at Intel (called Intel 7).

Intel Core i3-4158U

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The Intel Core i3-4158U is a LV (low voltage) dual-core processor for large ultrabooks launched in Q2/2013. It is based on the Haswell architecture and is manufactured in 22nm. Due to Hyper-Threading, the two cores can handle up to four threads in parallel, leading to better utilization of the CPU. Each core offers a base speed of 2.0 GHz and includes no Turbo Boost support.

Haswell is the successor to the Ivy Bridge architecture with improvements on both GPU and CPU performance. The CPUs are produced in 22nm and offer an optimized branch prediction as well as additional execution ports, improving performance per clock by alomst 10 percent. Furthermore, new features like AVX2 and FMA should increase the performance in future applications.

Due to these architectural improvements, the performance is slightly above a similarly clocked Ivy Bridge CPU. Therefore, the Core i3-4158U is somewhat faster than the older i3-3227U. However, when using new instruction sets such as AVX2 the performance can be significantly better. Thus, the CPU has sufficient power for office and multimedia purposes as well as most applications.

The integrated Iris Graphics 5100 offers 40 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 200 - 1100 MHz with Turbo Boost, making it significantly faster than the HD Graphics 4000. As a result, the Iris Graphics competes with dedicated lower mid-range graphics cards.

The i3-4158U is rated at a TDP of 28 W including the graphics card, memory controller, VRMs and the integrated chipset. Therefore, the CPU is suited for larger ultrabooks 14-inches or greater.

ModelIntel Processor N100Intel Core i3-4158U
CodenameAlder Lake-NHaswell
SeriesIntel Alder Lake-NIntel Core i3
Series: Core i3 Haswell
Intel Core i3-N305 compare1.8 - 3.8 GHz8 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i3-N300 compare - 3.8 GHz8 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Processor N200 compare1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Processor N97 compare - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Processor N95 compare - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Processor N100 « 1 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Processor N50 compare1 - 3.4 GHz2 / 2 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i3-4110M compare2.6 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-4100M compare2.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-4000M compare2.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-4100E compare2.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-4158U « 2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-4120U compare2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-4030U compare1.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-4025U compare1.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-4100U compare1.8 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-4010U compare1.7 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-4005U compare1.7 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-4102E compare1.6 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-4030Y compare1.6 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-4020Y compare1.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-4012Y compare1.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-4010Y compare1.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Clock1000 - 3400 MHz2000 MHz
L3 Cache6 MB3 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 4
4 x 3.4 GHz Intel Crestmont E-Core
2 / 4
TDP6 Watt28 Watt
Technology10 nm22 nm
max. Temp.105 °C100 °C
SocketBGA1264FCBGA
FeaturesDDR4-3200/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, SHAIris Graphics 5100 (200 - 1100 MHz), DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) ( - 750 MHz)Intel Iris Graphics 5100 (200 - 1100 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
$128 U.S.$315 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com
L1 Cache128 KB
L2 Cache512 KB
Transistors1300 Million
Die Size181 mm2

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - N100
24.4 pt (41%)
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Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
100%
1 N100 +
min: 60     avg: 60.5     median: 60.5 (34%)     max: 61 Points
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
100%
1 N100 +
min: 194     avg: 195     median: 195 (4%)     max: 196 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
100%
1 N100 +
min: 1577     avg: 2449     median: 2559.5 (2%)     max: 2983 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
100%
1 N100 +
min: 747     avg: 885     median: 910.5 (38%)     max: 942 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
100%
1 N100 +
min: 285     avg: 338     median: 347 (38%)     max: 358 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
100%
1 N100 +
min: 590     avg: 934     median: 978.5 (2%)     max: 1139 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
N100 +
min: 246     avg: 384.6     median: 401.5 (3%)     max: 479 Points
194 Points (1%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
N100 +
min: 118.8     avg: 143.8     median: 147.9 (41%)     max: 155 Points
77 Points (21%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
N100 +
min: 3.84     avg: 4.6     median: 4.2 (5%)     max: 5.99 Points
2.2 Points (3%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
N100 +
min: 1.55     avg: 1.7     median: 1.8 (42%)     max: 1.87 Points
0.9 Points (21%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
100%
N100 +
min: 4604     avg: 4896     median: 4869 (29%)     max: 5179 Points
2974 Points (18%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
100%
N100 +
min: 9608     avg: 12281     median: 11207 (8%)     max: 15336 Points
6393 Points (5%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
100%
1 N100 +
min: 14514     avg: 18829     median: 16948 (11%)     max: 24225 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
100%
1 N100 +
min: 7171     avg: 7699     median: 7750 (9%)     max: 8227 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
100%
N100 +
min: 481.652     avg: 569     median: 588.3 (7%)     max: 645.884 s
839 s (10%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
100%
N100 +
min: 15.795     avg: 16.5     median: 16.2 (3%)     max: 17.7 s
26.8 s (5%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
100%
N100 +
min: 2187     avg: 2343     median: 2372 (4%)     max: 2501 Points
1952 Points (3%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
100%
1 N100 +
min: 7532     avg: 11072     median: 11663.5 (7%)     max: 13291 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
100%
1 N100 +
min: 3046     avg: 3629     median: 3653.5 (43%)     max: 3958 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
100%
N100 +
min: 20.85     avg: 27.1     median: 24.1 (8%)     max: 34.7 fps
12.7 fps (4%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
100%
N100 +
min: 101.8     avg: 134.8     median: 121.2 (28%)     max: 173 fps
67.5 fps (16%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
100%
1 N100 +
min: 1.72     avg: 2.8     median: 3 (5%)     max: 3.49 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
100%
N100 +
min: 0.257     avg: 0.3     median: 0.3 (8%)     max: 0.263 GB/s
0.1 GB/s (3%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
100%
N100 +
min: 0.529     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (9%)     max: 0.538 GB/s
0.2 GB/s (3%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
100%
N100 +
min: 2.8     avg: 2.9     median: 2.9 (8%)     max: 2.9 GB/s
1.2 GB/s (3%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
100%
1 N100 +
min: 1992     avg: 2545     median: 2067 (26%)     max: 3964 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
100%
1 N100 +
min: 1017     avg: 1322     median: 1198.5 (8%)     max: 1956 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
100%
1 N100 +
min: 0.822     avg: 0.9     median: 0.9 (19%)     max: 1.06 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
100%
N100 +
min: 4091     avg: 5232     median: 4838 (10%)     max: 6441 Points
min: 2688     avg: 2691     median: 2690.5 (6%)     max: 2693 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
100%
N100 +
min: 19.264     avg: 19.4     median: 19.4 (4%)     max: 19.531 s
18.8 s (4%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
100%
N100 +
min: 40.302     avg: 40.5     median: 40.4 (2%)     max: 40.679 s
42.1 s (2%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
100%
N100 +
min: 816.966     avg: 836     median: 818.8 (4%)     max: 863.891 s
939 s (4%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
100%
1 N100 +
min: 9434     avg: 12661     median: 11998 (9%)     max: 15625 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
100%
N100 +
min: 3723     avg: 5317     median: 5940 (15%)     max: 6486 Points
min: 2636     avg: 2722     median: 2721.5 (7%)     max: 2807 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
N100 +
min: 34828     avg: 42619     median: 41217 (33%)     max: 51063 Points
min: 21254     avg: 22505     median: 22505 (18%)     max: 23756 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
1 N100 +
min: 34083     avg: 42751     median: 41809 (34%)     max: 51420 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 N100 +
min: 50867     avg: 52331     median: 52418.5 (42%)     max: 53373 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
100%
N100 +
min: 3133     avg: 3959     median: 4061.5 (10%)     max: 4693 Points
min: 2045     avg: 2067     median: 2067 (5%)     max: 2089 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
100%
N100 +
min: 4589     avg: 5806     median: 6371 (11%)     max: 6602 Points
min: 2814     avg: 2848     median: 2847.5 (5%)     max: 2881 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
100%
1 N100 +
min: 1407     avg: 1999     median: 2054 (9%)     max: 2519 Points
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core
100%
1 N100 +
min: 1070     avg: 1195     median: 1221.5 (31%)     max: 1245 Points
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core
100%
1 N100 +
min: 2283     avg: 2937     median: 3157 (12%)     max: 3282 Points
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Single-Core
100%
1 N100 +
min: 571     avg: 1440     median: 1175 (37%)     max: 3105 Points
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Multi-Core
100%
1 N100 +
min: 1356     avg: 6236     median: 3047 (13%)     max: 21003 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 N100 +
min: 915     avg: 981     median: 986 (39%)     max: 1018 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 N100 +
min: 1911     avg: 2598     median: 2829 (5%)     max: 2896 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 N100 +
min: 968     avg: 990     median: 993 (4%)     max: 1008 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 N100 +
min: 2278     avg: 2624     median: 2753 (9%)     max: 2862 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 N100 +
min: 4278     avg: 4440     median: 4467 (45%)     max: 4549 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 N100 +
min: 10361     avg: 11002     median: 11197 (11%)     max: 11264 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 4158U +
3949 Points (7%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 4158U +
1865 Points (24%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 4158U +
4775 Points (25%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 4158U +
4222 Points (29%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 4158U +
4496 Points (9%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 4158U +
4124 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 4158U +
4338 Points (11%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
N100 +
min: 1004     avg: 1049     median: 1024.5 (1%)     max: 1122 ms
3428 ms (4%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 4158U +
168.1 ms (2%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
N100 +
50984 Points (37%)
9363 Points (7%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
100%
1 N100 +
min: 128.3     avg: 133.5     median: 134.3 (37%)     max: 138.3 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
100%
1 N100 +
min: 156.3     avg: 170.5     median: 170.9 (31%)     max: 187.4 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
100%
1 N100 +
min: 706     avg: 779     median: 786 (29%)     max: 839 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 N100 +
min: 12.2     avg: 21.2     median: 21.7 (4%)     max: 29.1 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 N100 +
min: 12.4     avg: 20.9     median: 24 (4%)     max: 26.1 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 N100 +
min: 2.84     avg: 7.3     median: 7.6 (5%)     max: 10.3 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
100%
1 N100 +
min: 3.92     avg: 5.3     median: 5.3 (6%)     max: 6.77 Watt
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
100%
1 N100 +
min: 17.6     avg: 18.4     median: 18.4 (14%)     max: 19.1 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks Intel Processor N100 → 100% n=24

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i3-4158U → 56% n=24

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