Pentium Silver N5030 vs Athlon 1200

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 1200 and Pentium Silver N5030 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2089
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Gemini Lake
Power efficiencyno data25.69
Architecture codenameThunderbird C (2000−2001)Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release dateOctober 2000 (24 years ago)4 November 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 1200 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 cores1 (Single-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads14
Base clock speedno data1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.2 GHz3.1 GHz
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache256 KB4 MB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography180 nm14 nm
Die size120 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors37 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 1200 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 configuration11
SocketAFCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)66 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 1200 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

Athlon 1200 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 Athlon 1200 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 Athlon 1200 and Pentium Silver N5030. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel 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 Athlon 1200 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 Athlon 1200 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 Athlon 1200 and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 1200 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+

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 4
Chip lithography 180 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 66 Watt 6 Watt

Pentium Silver N5030 has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 1000% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 1200 and Pentium Silver N5030. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 1200 is a desktop processor while Pentium Silver N5030 is a notebook one.


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