Pentium Silver N5000 vs i5-4220Y

Place in the ranking	2456	2121
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i5	Intel Pentium Silver
Power efficiency	8.23	24.29
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Goldmont Plus (2017)
Release date	14 April 2014 (10 years ago)	11 December 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$281	$161

Detailed specifications

Core i5-4220Y 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	2.7 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	11
L1 cache	128 KB	56 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	4 MB (shared)
L3 cache	3 MB	4 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	93 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-4220Y 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 configuration	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCBGA1168	FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)	11.5 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-4220Y and Pentium Silver N5000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Smart Response	+	-
GPIO	+	+
Smart Connect	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
FDI	-	no data
AMT	9.5	no data
Matrix Storage	-	no data
HD Audio	+	no data
RST	+	no data

Security technologies

Core i5-4220Y and Pentium Silver N5000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-4220Y and Pentium Silver N5000 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	-	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-4220Y and Pentium Silver N5000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	16 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics 4200	Intel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memory	2 GB	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	850 MHz	750 MHz
Execution Units	no data	18
InTru 3D	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-4220Y and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-4220Y and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	2560x1600@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	2560x1600@60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-4220Y and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	11.2/12	12
OpenGL	4.3	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-4220Y and Pentium Silver N5000.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	12	6
PCI support	-	no data
USB revision	3.0	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	4	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	4	2
Integrated IDE	-	no data
Number of USB ports	4	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.

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.

i5-4220Y 1.00

Pentium Silver N5000 1.54
+54%

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.

i5-4220Y 1591

Pentium Silver N5000 2442
+53.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.00	1.54
Integrated graphics card	0.99	1.17
Recency	14 April 2014	11 December 2017
Physical cores	2	4
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	11 Watt	6 Watt

Pentium Silver N5000 has a 54% higher aggregate performance score, 18.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 83.3% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Silver N5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i5-4220Y in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core i5-4220Y and Pentium Silver N5000, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.