Pentium Silver N5000 vs Celeron N2910

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron N2910
2013
4 cores / 4 threads, 7 Watt
0.51
Pentium Silver N5000
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.60
+214%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Celeron N2910 by a whopping 214% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N2910 and Pentium Silver N5000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28822115
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel Pentium Silver
Power efficiency6.6424.32
Architecture codenameBay Trail-M (2013−2014)Goldmont Plus (2017)
Release date11 September 2013 (11 years ago)11 December 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$161

Detailed specifications

Celeron N2910 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 speed1.6 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz2.7 GHz
Multiplierno data11
L1 cache56K (per core)56 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)4 MB (shared)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data93 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N2910 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)
SocketFCBGA1170FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)7.5 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N2910 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)++
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Smart Connect+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
RST-no data

Security technologies

Celeron N2910 and Pentium Silver N5000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theft--

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N2910 and Pentium Silver N5000 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N2910 and Pentium Silver N5000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size8.79 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 SeriesIntel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequency756 MHz750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N2910 and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported23
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N2910 and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N2910 and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N2910 and Pentium Silver N5000.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes46
USB revision3.0 and 2.02.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports22
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB ports58
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 N2910 0.51
Pentium Silver N5000 1.60
+214%

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 N2910 778
Pentium Silver N5000 2442
+214%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Celeron N2910 844
Pentium Silver N5000 2295
+172%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Celeron N2910 2907
Pentium Silver N5000 6688
+130%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Celeron N2910 1612
Pentium Silver N5000 3320
+106%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Celeron N2910 1
Pentium Silver N5000 3
+146%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Celeron N2910 97
Pentium Silver N5000 237
+144%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Celeron N2910 27
Pentium Silver N5000 78
+189%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Celeron N2910 0.3
Pentium Silver N5000 0.94
+213%

Geekbench 2

Celeron N2910 2205
Pentium Silver N5000 4819
+119%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.51 1.60
Recency 11 September 2013 11 December 2017
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 7 Watt 6 Watt

Pentium Silver N5000 has a 213.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 16.7% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Silver N5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N2910 in performance tests.


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