Pentium Silver N5000 vs Athlon X4 880K

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon X4 880K
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 95 Watt
2.30
+49.4%
Pentium Silver N5000
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.54

Athlon X4 880K outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by a considerable 49% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon X4 880K and Pentium Silver N5000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking18122134
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium Silver
Power efficiency2.2924.27
Architecture codenameGodaveri (2014−2016)Goldmont Plus (2017)
Release dateDecember 2015 (9 years ago)11 December 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$161

Detailed specifications

Athlon X4 880K 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed4 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz2.7 GHz
Multiplierno data11
L1 cache256K56 KB (per core)
L2 cache4 MB4 MB (shared)
L3 cacheno data4 MB
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Die size245 mm293 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,411 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X4 880K 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)
SocketFM2+FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X4 880K and Pentium Silver N5000. 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-

Security technologies

Athlon X4 880K 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 X4 880K and Pentium Silver N5000 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 X4 880K and Pentium Silver N5000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-2133DDR4
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 X4 880K 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 X4 880K and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon X4 880K 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 X4 880K and Pentium Silver N5000.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes166
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 X4 880K 2.30
+49.4%
Pentium Silver N5000 1.54

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 X4 880K 3659
+49.8%
Pentium Silver N5000 2442

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Athlon X4 880K 598
+72.8%
Pentium Silver N5000 346

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Athlon X4 880K 1855
+116%
Pentium Silver N5000 860

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.30 1.54
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 6 Watt

Athlon X4 880K has a 49.4% higher aggregate performance score.

Pentium Silver N5000, on the other hand, has a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 1483.3% lower power consumption.

The Athlon X4 880K is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N5000 in performance tests.

Note that Athlon X4 880K is a desktop processor while Pentium Silver N5000 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon X4 880K and Pentium Silver N5000, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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