Intel Pentium Silver N5000 Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Intel Pentium Silver N5000 features 4 processor cores and has the capability to manage 4 threads concurrently. It was released in Q4/2017 and belongs to the 9 generation of the Intel Pentium series. To use the Intel Pentium Silver N5000, you'll need a motherboard with a BGA 1090 socket.
Name: Intel Pentium Silver N5000
Family: Intel Pentium
Group: Intel Pentium J5000/N5000
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 9

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Silver N5000 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Silver N5000 is 1.1 GHz and turbo frequency for one core is 2.7 GHz.
CPU Cores: 4
Threads: 4
Cores: 4x
Core architecture: normal
Hyperthreading: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 1.1 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 core): 2.7 GHz
Turbo Frequency (all cores): 2.7 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium Silver N5000 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Pentium Silver N5000 uses the Intel UHD Graphics 605, which has 144 texture shaders and 18 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: Intel UHD Graphics 605
GPU frequency: 0.2 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 0.75 GHz
Execution units: 18
Shaders: 144
Max. GPU Memory: 8.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 9.5
Direct X: 12
Technology: 14 nm
Release date: Q4/2017

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 8.0 GB distributed across 2 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 38.4 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
Memory type: DDR4-2400, LPDDR4-2400
Max. Memory: 8.0 GB
Memory channels: 2
Bandwidth: 38.4 GB/s
ECC: No
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: Yes

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 6 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): 6 W
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: None
TDP down: 4.8 W
Tjunction max: 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Silver N5000 is manufactured using a 14 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. In total, this processor boasts a generous 4.0 MB cache. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 1090
L2-Cache: 0 bytes
L3-Cache: 4.0 MB
Architecture: Gemini Lake
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux, Windows 11
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date: Q4/2017
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

AMD Phenom II X4 820
4C 4T @ 2.8 GHz
5236
5236
AMD Athlon II X4 630
4C 4T @ 2.8 GHz
5230
5230
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
5225
5225
Intel Celeron G3950
2C 2T @ 3.0 GHz
5223
5223
Intel Pentium G4500T
2C 2T @ 3.0 GHz
5223
5223

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

MediaTek Helio P70
NoneC NoneT @ --
2591
2591
Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
NoneC NoneT @ --
2589
2589
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
2589
2589
Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
NoneC NoneT @ --
2589
2589
Intel Celeron G5900T
2C 2T @ 3.2 GHz
2584
2584

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
6C 6T @ 3.3 GHz
1935
1935
Intel Core i5-2467M
2C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
1932
1932
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
1932
1932
Intel Core i5-2467M
2C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
1932
1932
Intel Celeron 2950M
2C 2T @ 2.0 GHz
1929
1929

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5-3437U
2C 4T @ 1.9 GHz
1305
1305
Intel Core i5-2515E
2C 4T @ 2.5 GHz
1305
1305
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
1304
1304
Intel Pentium G3240
2C 2T @ 3.1 GHz
1302
1302
AMD Phenom II X4 830
4C 4T @ 2.8 GHz
1302
1302

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5-3337U
2C 4T @ 1.8 GHz
968
968
Intel Core i5-4300Y
2C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
967
967
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
965
965
Apple A8X
3C 3T @ 1.5 GHz
959
959
MediaTek Helio X20
NoneC NoneT @ --
958
958

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

AMD A10-5800K
4C 4T @ 3.8 GHz
746
746
Intel Core i5-5200U
2C 4T @ 2.2 GHz
743
743
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
740
740
AMD FX-4300
4C 4T @ 3.8 GHz
739
739
Intel Core i3-2100
2C 4T @ 3.1 GHz
738
738

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5-2520M
2C 4T @ 2.5 GHz
491
491
Intel Core i5-4210M
2C 4T @ 2.6 GHz
483
483
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
482
482
AMD Athlon II X4 610e
4C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
476
476
AMD Athlon II X4 620e
4C 4T @ 2.6 GHz
475
475

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Intel Core i3-2328M
2C 4T @ 2.2 GHz
435
435
Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3
6C 6T @ 1.6 GHz
434
434
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
434
434
Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3
6C 6T @ 1.6 GHz
434
434
Intel Core i3-4100U
2C 4T @ 1.8 GHz
432
432

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

UNISOC T606
NoneC NoneT @ --
365
365
Intel Celeron N4000C
2C 2T @ 1.1 GHz
365
365
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
364
364
Intel Pentium E6600
2C 2T @ 3.06 GHz
362
362
Intel Celeron N4120
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
362
362

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

AMD Athlon II X4 620e
4C 4T @ 2.6 GHz
249
249
Intel Pentium G3440
2C 2T @ 3.3 GHz
249
249
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
248
248
Intel Core m7-6Y75
2C 4T @ 1.2 GHz
247
247
Intel Core i5-4350U
2C 4T @ 1.4 GHz
246
246

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Processor N200
4C 4T @ 1.8 GHz
216
216
Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
216
216
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
216
216
Intel Pentium N4200
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
216
216
Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
216
216

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

AMD A8-3870K
4C 4T @ 3.1 GHz
176
176
AMD A6-5400K
2C 2T @ 3.6 GHz
174
174
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
171
171
AMD Phenom II X4 940
4C 4T @ 3.0 GHz
169
169
AMD Phenom II X4 945
4C 4T @ 3.0 GHz
168
168

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

AMD Phenom II X4 940
4C 4T @ 3.0 GHz
78
78
AMD Phenom II X6 1035T
6C 6T @ 2.6 GHz
78
78
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
78
78
AMD Phenom II X6 1035T
6C 6T @ 2.6 GHz
78
78
AMD Phenom II X4 940
4C 4T @ 3.0 GHz
78
78

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5-2520M
2C 4T @ 2.5 GHz
2.8
2.8
Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C 4T @ 1.0 GHz
2.8
2.8
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
2.8
2.8
Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C 4T @ 1.0 GHz
2.8
2.8
Intel Core i5-2520M
2C 4T @ 2.5 GHz
2.8
2.8

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Intel Celeron N4000
2C 2T @ 1.1 GHz
0.9
0.9
Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.9 GHz
0.9
0.9
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
0.9
0.9
Intel Core i3-2350M
2C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
0.9
0.9
Intel Pentium 3805U
2C 2T @ 1.9 GHz
0.9
0.9