Pentium Silver N5030 vs Athlon 220GE

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon 220GE
2018
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.89
+71%
Pentium Silver N5030
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.69

Athlon 220GE outperforms Pentium Silver N5030 by an impressive 71% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 220GE and Pentium Silver N5030 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking16742070
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.08no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD AthlonIntel Gemini Lake
Power efficiency7.5325.68
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date6 September 2018 (6 years ago)4 November 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$65no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon 220GE 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.4 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz3.1 GHz
Multiplier34no data
L1 cache192 KBno data
L2 cache1 MB4 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors4950 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 220GE 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 220GE and Pentium Silver N5030. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
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-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Athlon 220GE 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 220GE and Pentium Silver N5030 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 220GE and Pentium Silver N5030. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3Intel 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 220GE 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 220GE 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 220GE 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 220GE and Pentium Silver N5030.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes126
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.

Athlon 220GE 2.89
+71%
Pentium Silver N5030 1.69

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Athlon 220GE 4424
+71.1%
Pentium Silver N5030 2586

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.89 1.69
Integrated graphics card 2.98 1.17
Recency 6 September 2018 4 November 2019
Physical cores 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 6 Watt

Athlon 220GE has a 71% higher aggregate performance score, and 154.7% faster integrated GPU.

Pentium Silver N5030, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores, and 483.3% lower power consumption.

The Athlon 220GE is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N5030 in performance tests.

Note that Athlon 220GE is a desktop processor while Pentium Silver N5030 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 220GE and Pentium Silver N5030, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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