Intel N50 CPU which is part of the Alder Lake-N family has been benchmarked and features just two E-Cores running at a 6W TDP.
Intel N50 Is The Most Entry-Level Alder Lake-N CPU With Just Two E-Cores At 6W
Intel's Alder Lake-N series targets the lower-end segment with multiple processors running at much lower power consumption. The CPUs replaced "Pentium" & "Celeron" branding, harnessing the new E-cores (Gracemont). Now a new Geekbench listing has revealed what we can expect in terms of performance of the most entry-level chip within the lineup, the Intel N50 CPU.
Diving into the specifications, the Intel N50 CPUs feature a dual E-Core configuration so that's 2 cores and 2 threads with a maximum turbo frequency of 3.4GHz. The common aspect of all products of the Alder Lake-N lineup is severely low power consumption, hence the Intel N50 has only 6W TDP, maintaining the norm. Moreover, the SoC supports DDR4 memory at 3200 MT/s and DDR5 memory at 4800 MT/s.
The Geekbench listing has revealed the single-core and multi-core performance of the Intel N50. We have compiled a graph below to show the performance difference within individual SoCs in the Alder Lake-N lineup.
Alder Lake-N CPU GeekBench Benchmarks
The benchmarks reveal that the N50 CPU is the lowest offering in the whole lineup, considering it is a 2 E-Core variant with much lower frequencies. One astonishing fact about this particular SoC is that Intel has incorporated a separate iGPU at just 6W TDP. However, the Intel UHD iGPU only features 16 EU (Execution Units); hence we should expect any sort of gaming performance from it. In a previous report, Intel's N100 iGPU was benchmarked, which also didn't perform up to the mark, with an average of 20 FPS in many titles.
The Intel Alder Lake-N lineup is suitable for low-power computing, especially for laptops like the Chromebook series. It doesn't hold much performance, but considering the processors' low TDP, it is still a decent option for many devices. The included E-Cores are known to provide excellent multi-threading performance, as in N100, which is why the lineup is compelling for less workload devices.
News Source: BenchLeaks
About the author: Muhammad Zuhair is a hardware and technology reporter for Wccftech, specializing in the semiconductor industry and the complex interplay between technology, manufacturing, and geopolitics. His coverage focuses on the corporate strategies and technological roadmaps of industry giants like TSMC, NVIDIA, Samsung, and Intel. Zuhair's expertise lies in deconstructing complex topics such as fabrication nodes (e.g., 2nm process), the economic impact of policies like the CHIPS Act, and the strategic development of AI infrastructure from NVIDIA, AMD and Intel.
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