Said to offer a combination of more performance than the new Atom ‘Cherry Trail’ processors, but a lower price tag than the Core M Broadwell CPUs found in beefier laptops, the new Braswell hardware should complement already existing chips and provide greater selection to manufacturers building inexpensive hardware.
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Although we’ll need to wait until early benchmarks are released to have our first impressions of how the new chips perform, thanks to CPU World we do have a pretty good idea of their specifications.
- Celeron N3000: Dual core, 1.04Ghz (2.08Ghz Turbo), 1MB L2 cache, 4W TDP and a price tag $107.
- Celeron N3050: Dual core, 1.6Ghz (2.16Ghz Turbo) 1MB L2 cache, 6W TDP and a price tag of $107.
- Celeron N3150: Quad core, 1.6Ghz (2.08Ghz Turbo) 2MB L2 cache, 6W TDP and a price tag of $107.
- Pentium N3700: Quad core, 1.6Ghz (2.4Ghz Turbo) 2MB L2 cache, 6W TDP and a price tag of $161.
Each of them supports DDR3 memory up to 1600Mhz and they all come with integrated graphics chips onboard as well – some more powerful than others. Of course, low-power processors like these are rarely any good for gaming.
While none of them are likely to be performance power houses compared to their higher-level and desktop counterparts, it’s worth noting how minuscule their power draw is. That will not only help maintain battery life, but reduce the need for advanced – and bulky – cooling solutions. An increasing number of system are packing passive cooling systems, and chips like this will only increase the selection of silent PCs.
