Intel Pentium N3700 Entry-Level CPU

The Intel Pentium N3700 is an entry-level quad-core processor for affordable laptops and 2-in-1 convertibles. It is noticeably faster than the lowest-end chips, such as the Intel Celeron dual-core series, but is still a low-end part suitable only for the basic home and office computing tasks.

Intel Pentium N3700 Benchmark

The Pentium N3700 from the new 14-nanometer “Braswell” CPU family isn’t faster than its precursors, the Pentium N3500 series 22-nanometer “Bay Trail” chips. However, “Braswell” brings to the table improved Intel HD integrated graphics version for somewhat smoother but still only entry-level gaming and better support for high-def 4K video playback, while having a lower power consumption. The N3700 consumes 6 Watts, as opposed to previous 7.5W.

The CPU has a base clock speed of 1.6GHz, whcih can “burst” up to 2.4GHz for a short period of time if needed. There’s also a Pentium N3710 version which is basically the same chip with burst frequency of up to 2.56GHz for slightly better performance.

Check out laptops with the Pentium N3700.

Note: The benchmark scores of the listed processors are averages measured across various devices with these processors. The scores and real-world performance of the Intel Pentium N3700 and compared CPUs may vary depending on the notebooks' other components, settings, cooling, and other factors. However, the benchmark results are good indicators of the processors' performance.

Specifications of the Intel Pentium N3700

Here are the most important specs of the Intel Pentium N3700:

Processor Name

Intel Pentium N3700

CPU Family

Intel "Braswell"

Number of Cores

Quad-core / 1 computing thread per core

CPU Clock Speed

Base: 1.6GHz, Burst: 2.4GHz

Cache Size

2MB

Memory Support

DDR3 (1600 MHz max. speed)

Integrated Graphics

Intel HD

Power Consumption

6W

Production Technology

14-nanometer

Notable Technologies

Intel QuickSync Video (speeds up conversion of video files)
VT-x virtualization

Typical Use

Affordable laptops & 2-in-1 PCs

User Benchmark Average CPU Score

19.4

Published on September 8, 2015

User Reviews and Q&A on the Intel Pentium N3700

Below you can read and submit user reviews, questions, and answers about the processor. Thank you for your contribution.

Current rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
  1. 1 out of 5 Slow

    Sean walsh

    I think this is the slowest chip i’ve ever used. I have an HP with a N3700 and it seems to have trouble with the factory installed software. The boot time is ridiculous and it seems to struggle with every task on Win 10. The boot time alone for Win 10 is ridiculous. Slowest chip ive ever used in its current configuration. Very disapointed.

    • Mart Ruzzel Garcia

      i currently have 91 tabs open on google,2 ms word tabs and a folder open, and my cpu is same as yours…. just upgrade the ram and you will be fine on doing day to day stuff, this CPU isn’t for gaming though, i’m just a student and i only use this for youtube, google, doing assignments and some World of Tanks Blitz. Current CPU usage is doing about 20%-100% at 50C-70C and running at 2.40GHz, maybe adjust the battery options and turn it to full performance, i use my laptop as a desktop though so always plugged in with your charger, oh and the RAM is at 5.5/8GB so that’s on 70% RAM usage.

  2. Question

    R Brian Smith

    I want to buy an HP ProBook with this processor as a backup to my 17 inch laptop mainly for use with Office, especially Excel. It’s more portable. Is it a good processor for Excel?

  3. Abhinav

    N3710 is capable of daily web surfing , entertainment , ms office and little bit office work ??

    • Danijel Z

      Yes, it is. User experience might not be as snappy as with the more popular Intel Core i3, i5, i7 series processors. But, the daily tasks you mentioned aren’t demanding and the Pentium N3710 is able to handle them without major slowdowns.

  4. 1 out of 5

    eswar

    The overall feeling was like using a mobile phone with a FullHD display.

    • Sean walsh

      My mobile phone is 3x faster.

  5. 4 out of 5

    Promit Saha

    Pentium N3700 is an entry level laptop and notebook processor suitable for low end games like GTA san andreas, vice city, Max Payne3 etc. It gives a decent speed for daily Home users like me with a quick boot time and very few lags..considering its price its a good one and if u are in low budget u should go for it…. Thanks For reading.

  6. 4 out of 5

    William Hudson

    I think the N3710 can be a good chip with the right system, I find my system to be quite responsive, a Dell 3168 with 4gb ram and 240gb SSD, I do not play games, but surf with chrome browser with 5 to 8 tabs opened, and MS office opened at the same time, no lag.
    When I wrote this reply, chrome 3 tabs opened, MS office opened and Foxit PDF opened.
    No problems with speed of typing and no lag.

    I also have an HP i3 6100u 8gb ram 256 ssd system which is faster but not so much that I do not like using my Dell.

  7. 1 out of 5

    mkv

    Just threw in the towel with Lenovo’s desktop n3700. Whatever one tried it would perform like a Pentium III with a beefy video card.

    It is simply INCREDIBLY slow and the old E7200 it was planned to replace felt much more speedy. I did everything I could but there was nothing one could do. The i/o was slower than anything I have seen and the CPU could simply not cope with the most basic tasks.

    The only thing it was good at was viewing videos which is the task it will end doing during the rest of its life. The overall feeling was like using a mobile phone with a FullHD display.

  8. High tower

    @ Unknown

    N3700 isn´t capable of overclocking. The Burst is the build-in overclocking feature.

  9. 4 out of 5

    Unknown Unknown

    Very good in-depth answer, but may I ask how to overclock it? I cannot enter the BIOS screen so I am looking for some software that can. Thank you.

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