Pentium Silver N5030 vs Apple M4 Pro (12 cores)

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Aggregate performance score

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores)
2024
12 cores / 12 threads, 32 Watt
27.97
+1616%
Pentium Silver N5030
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.63

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) outperforms Pentium Silver N5030 by a whopping 1616% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Pentium Silver N5030 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1672084
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesApple M4Intel Gemini Lake
Power efficiency82.2925.58
Architecture codenameno dataGemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date30 October 2024 (less than a year ago)4 November 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Pentium Silver N5030 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores12 (Dodeca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads124
Base clock speed2.592 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.51 GHz3.1 GHz
L2 cache4 MB4 MB
L3 cacheno data4 MB
Chip lithography3 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Pentium Silver N5030 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
Socketno dataFCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)32 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Pentium Silver N5030. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Pentium Silver N5030 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Pentium Silver N5030 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Pentium Silver N5030. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Apple M4 16-core GPUIntel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Pentium Silver N5030.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data6
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) 27.97
+1616%
Pentium Silver N5030 1.63

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) 19529
+1499%
Pentium Silver N5030 1221

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 27.97 1.63
Recency 30 October 2024 4 November 2019
Physical cores 12 4
Threads 12 4
Chip lithography 3 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 32 Watt 6 Watt

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) has a 1616% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Silver N5030, on the other hand, has 433.3% lower power consumption.

The Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N5030 in performance tests.

Note that Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) is a desktop processor while Pentium Silver N5030 is a notebook one.


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