Intel Pentium Silver N5030 Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Intel Pentium Silver N5030 features 4 processor cores and has the capability to manage 4 threads concurrently. It was released in Q4/2019 and belongs to the 9 generation of the Intel Pentium series. To use the Intel Pentium Silver N5030, you'll need a motherboard with a BGA 1090 socket.
Name: Intel Pentium Silver N5030
Family: Intel Pentium
Group: Intel Pentium J5000/N5000
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 9

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Silver N5030 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Silver N5030 is 1.1 GHz and turbo frequency for one core is 3.1 GHz.
CPU Cores: 4
Threads: 4
Cores: 4x
Core architecture: normal
Hyperthreading: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 1.1 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 core): 3.1 GHz
Turbo Frequency (all cores): 2.4 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium Silver N5030 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Pentium Silver N5030 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: 0.25 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 N5030 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: Q4/2019
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Intel Core i5-3320M
2C 4T @ 2.6 GHz
2642
2642
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9775
4C 4T @ 3.2 GHz
2641
2641
Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
2639
2639
Intel Core i3-6100U
2C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
2630
2630
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770
4C 4T @ 3.2 GHz
2628
2628

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

HiSilicon Kirin 710A
8C 8T @ 2.0 GHz
1338
1338
Intel Core i7-4510U
2C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
1335
1335
Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
1333
1333
AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.0 GHz
1332
1332
Intel Celeron G3900T
2C 2T @ 2.6 GHz
1330
1330

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5-2410M
2C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
987
987
Intel Celeron G4900T
2C 2T @ 2.8 GHz
982
982
Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
979
979
Intel Pentium G3450T
2C 2T @ 2.9 GHz
978
978
Intel Pentium 4405U
2C 4T @ 2.1 GHz
972
972

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.6 GHz
501
501
AMD FX-8320E
8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz
500
500
Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
500
500
AMD FX-8320E
8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz
500
500
Qualcomm Snapdragon 675
8C 8T @ 2.0 GHz
498
498

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Atom C5325
8C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
462
462
Intel Atom C5315
4C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
460
460
Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
458
458
Intel Core i7-860S
4C 8T @ 2.53 GHz
451
451
Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
NoneC NoneT @ --
450
450

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core m3-7Y32
2C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
266
266
AMD Athlon II X4 635
4C 4T @ 2.9 GHz
265
265
Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
265
265
AMD Athlon II X4 635
4C 4T @ 2.9 GHz
265
265
Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
264
264

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

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

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Intel Celeron G1820T
2C 2T @ 2.4 GHz
91
91
AMD FX-8320
8C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
91
91
Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
91
91
AMD A10-5800K
4C 4T @ 3.8 GHz
91
91
AMD FX-8320E
8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz
91
91

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

Intel Pentium Silver J5005
4C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
13
13
Intel Celeron J3455
4C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
11
11
Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
10
10
AMD A9-9425
2C 2T @ 3.1 GHz
4
4