Pentium Silver N5030 vs i5-2400

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Aggregate performance score

Core i5-2400
2011
4 cores / 4 threads, 95 Watt
2.43
+49.1%
Pentium Silver N5030
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.63

Core i5-2400 outperforms Pentium Silver N5030 by a considerable 49% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-2400 and Pentium Silver N5030 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17732088
Place by popularity41not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.86no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesCore i5 (Desktop)Intel Gemini Lake
Power efficiency2.4225.71
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date9 January 2011 (13 years ago)4 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$60no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i5-2400 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.1 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz3.1 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)4 MB
L3 cache6144 KB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size216 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature73 °C105 °C
Number of transistors1,160 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-2400 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 configuration11
SocketLGA1155FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-2400 and Pentium Silver N5030. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVXIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Core i5-2400 and Pentium Silver N5030 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB++
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 Core i5-2400 and Pentium Silver N5030 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-2400 and Pentium Silver N5030. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 2000Intel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHz750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-2400 and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-2400 and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-2400 and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-2400 and Pentium Silver N5030.

PCIe version2.02.0
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.

i5-2400 2.43
+49.1%
Pentium Silver N5030 1.63

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.

i5-2400 3866
+49%
Pentium Silver N5030 2594

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.

i5-2400 550
+53.6%
Pentium Silver N5030 358

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.

i5-2400 1599
+104%
Pentium Silver N5030 785

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.

i5-2400 4425
+77.1%
Pentium Silver N5030 2498

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.

i5-2400 15344
+98.7%
Pentium Silver N5030 7724

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.

i5-2400 5715
+46.7%
Pentium Silver N5030 3895

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

i5-2400 11.7
+25.2%
Pentium Silver N5030 14.65

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.

i5-2400 5
+64.7%
Pentium Silver N5030 3

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

i5-2400 3194
+175%
Pentium Silver N5030 1163

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

i5-2400 27
+51.9%
Pentium Silver N5030 18

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

i5-2400 137
+63.1%
Pentium Silver N5030 84

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.43 1.63
Integrated graphics card 0.55 1.18
Recency 9 January 2011 4 November 2019
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 6 Watt

i5-2400 has a 49.1% higher aggregate performance score.

Pentium Silver N5030, on the other hand, has 114.5% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 8 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 1483.3% lower power consumption.

The Core i5-2400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N5030 in performance tests.

Note that Core i5-2400 is a desktop processor while Pentium Silver N5030 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core i5-2400 and Pentium Silver N5030, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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