Pentium Silver N5000 vs i7-660UM

Place in the ranking	2589	2119
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i7	Intel Pentium Silver
Power efficiency	4.23	24.30
Architecture codename	Arrandale (2010−2011)	Goldmont Plus (2017)
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	11 December 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$317	$161

Detailed specifications

Core i7-660UM 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	1.33 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.7 GHz
Bus type	DMI 1.0	no data
Bus rate	1 × 2.5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	10	11
L1 cache	128 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	4 MB (shared)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	81+144 mm²	93 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	382+177 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-660UM 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 (Uniprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	BGA1288	FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-660UM 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® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	+	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Smart Response	no data	-
PAE	36 Bit	no data
GPIO	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Core i7-660UM and Pentium Silver N5000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-660UM and Pentium Silver N5000 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-660UM and Pentium Silver N5000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-800	DDR4
Maximum memory size	8 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	12.799 GB/s	38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors	Intel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memory	no data	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	500 MHz	750 MHz
Execution Units	no data	18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-660UM and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
MIPI-DSI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-660UM and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-660UM and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-660UM and Pentium Silver N5000.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	6
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	8
Integrated LAN	no data	-
UART	no 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.

i7-660UM 0.82

Pentium Silver N5000 1.57
+91.5%

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.

i7-660UM 1284

Pentium Silver N5000 2442
+90.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.82	1.57
Recency	7 January 2010	11 December 2017
Physical cores	2	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	6 Watt

Pentium Silver N5000 has a 91.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, 100% more physical cores, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Silver N5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i7-660UM in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core i7-660UM and Pentium Silver N5000, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.