Pentium Silver N5030 vs Celeron 3855U

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron 3855U
2015
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
0.77
Pentium Silver N5030
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.63
+112%

Pentium Silver N5030 outperforms Celeron 3855U by a whopping 112% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 3855U and Pentium Silver N5030 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking26522089
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel Gemini Lake
Power efficiency4.8525.69
Architecture codenameSkylake (2015−2016)Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date15 August 2015 (9 years ago)4 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron 3855U 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)
Threads24
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz3.1 GHz
Bus typeOPIno data
Bus rate4 GT/sno data
Multiplier16no data
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache512 KB4 MB
L3 cache2 MB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size98.57 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Number of transistors1750 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 3855U 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
SocketFCBGA1356FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 3855U and Pentium Silver N5030. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data-
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
Smart Response+-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Celeron 3855U and Pentium Silver N5030 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++
Secure Key++
MPX-+
Identity Protection++
SGXYes with Intel® MEYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard-+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 3855U and Pentium Silver N5030 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 3855U and Pentium Silver N5030. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1866/2133, LPDDR3-1600/1866, DDR3L-1333/1600DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 510Intel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memory32 GB8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency900 MHz750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 3855U and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVI+no data
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron 3855U and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hz4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron 3855U and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.44.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 3855U and Pentium Silver N5030.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes106
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.

Celeron 3855U 0.77
Pentium Silver N5030 1.63
+112%

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.

Celeron 3855U 1219
Pentium Silver N5030 2594
+113%

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.

Celeron 3855U 315
Pentium Silver N5030 357
+13.3%

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.

Celeron 3855U 538
Pentium Silver N5030 783
+45.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.77 1.63
Integrated graphics card 1.61 1.18
Recency 15 August 2015 4 November 2019
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

Celeron 3855U has 36.4% faster integrated GPU.

Pentium Silver N5030, on the other hand, has a 111.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 150% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Silver N5030 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron 3855U in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron 3855U and Pentium Silver N5030, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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