Pentium Silver N6000 vs i5-1030G7

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-1030G7 and Pentium Silver N6000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	1952
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i5	no data
Power efficiency	no data	30.34
Architecture codename	Ice Lake (Client) (2019)	Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date	1 August 2019 (5 years ago)	11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i5-1030G7 and Pentium Silver N6000 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	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	0.8 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus type	OPI	no data
Bus rate	4 × 4 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	8	no data
L1 cache	320 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	1.5 MB
L3 cache	6 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	10 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-1030G7 and Pentium Silver N6000 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	Intel BGA1440	FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)	9 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-1030G7 and Pentium Silver N6000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
GPIO	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Core i5-1030G7 and Pentium Silver N6000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-1030G7 and Pentium Silver N6000 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-1030G7 and Pentium Silver N6000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4
Maximum memory size	32 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	59.732 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel Iris Plus Graphics	Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Graphics max frequency	1.05 GHz	850 MHz
Execution Units	no data	32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-1030G7 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-1030G7 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096 x 2304@60Hz	4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	5120 x 3200@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	5120 x 3200@60Hz	4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-1030G7 and Pentium Silver N6000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-1030G7 and Pentium Silver N6000.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	no data	8
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	14
Integrated LAN	no data	-
UART	no data	+

Pros & cons summary

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Integrated graphics card	4.70	5.58
Recency	1 August 2019	11 January 2021
Threads	8	4
Power consumption (TDP)	9 Watt	6 Watt

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