Pentium Silver N5000 vs Athlon 64 3200+

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon 64 3200+
2001
1 core / 1 thread, 89 Watt
0.19
Pentium Silver N5000
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.54
+711%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Athlon 64 3200+ by a whopping 711% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 3200+ and Pentium Silver N5000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking32452134
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium Silver
Power efficiency0.2024.27
Architecture codenameClawhammer (2001−2005)Goldmont Plus (2017)
Release dateJanuary 2001 (23 years ago)11 December 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$150$161

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 3200+ and Pentium Silver N5000 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 speed2 GHz2.7 GHz
Multiplierno data11
L1 cache128 KB56 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K4 MB (shared)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography130 nm14 nm
Die size193 mm293 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors154 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 3200+ and Pentium Silver N5000 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket754FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)89 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 3200+ and Pentium Silver N5000. 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 64 3200+ and Pentium Silver N5000 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 64 3200+ and Pentium Silver N5000 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 3200+ and Pentium Silver N5000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s

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 64 3200+ and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon 64 3200+ and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon 64 3200+ and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 3200+ and Pentium Silver N5000.

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.

Athlon 64 3200+ 0.19
Pentium Silver N5000 1.54
+711%

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 64 3200+ 305
Pentium Silver N5000 2442
+701%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.19 1.54
Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 4
Chip lithography 130 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 89 Watt 6 Watt

Pentium Silver N5000 has a 710.5% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 828.6% more advanced lithography process, and 1383.3% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Silver N5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 64 3200+ in performance tests.

Note that Athlon 64 3200+ is a desktop processor while Pentium Silver N5000 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 64 3200+ and Pentium Silver N5000, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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