Pentium Silver N5030 vs Celeron N3010

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N3010 and Pentium Silver N5030 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	2074
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	Intel Gemini Lake
Power efficiency	no data	25.70
Architecture codename	Airmont (2016)	Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date	10 January 2016 (8 years ago)	4 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron N3010 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	1.04 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.24 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus type	IDI	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	105 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N3010 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FCBGA1170	FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N3010 and Pentium Silver N5030. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Smart Response	-	-
GPIO	+	+
Smart Connect	-	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
HD Audio	+	no data
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Celeron N3010 and Pentium Silver N5030 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	+
Secure Boot	+	no data
Secure Key	+	+
MPX	-	+
Identity Protection	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	-	+
Anti-Theft	-	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N3010 and Pentium Silver N5030 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	+	+
VT-i	-	no data
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N3010 and Pentium Silver N5030. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1600	DDR4
Maximum memory size	8 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memory	8 GB	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	600 MHz	750 MHz
Execution Units	12	18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N3010 and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	3
eDP	+	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
MIPI-DSI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N3010 and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N3010 and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	+	12
OpenGL	+	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N3010 and Pentium Silver N5030.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	4	6
USB revision	2.0/3.0	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	2	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	2
Number of USB ports	5	8
Integrated LAN	-	-
UART	+	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 January 2016	4 November 2019
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	6 Watt

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