Pentium Silver N5000 vs i7-720QM

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Aggregate performance score

Core i7-720QM
2009
4 cores / 8 threads, 45 Watt
1.04
Pentium Silver N5000
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.54
+48.1%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Core i7-720QM by a considerable 48% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-720QM and Pentium Silver N5000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking24412134
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7Intel Pentium Silver
Power efficiency2.1924.27
Architecture codenameClarksfield (2009−2010)Goldmont Plus (2017)
Release date23 September 2009 (15 years ago)11 December 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$546$161

Detailed specifications

Core i7-720QM 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads84
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz2.7 GHz
Bus typeDMI 1.0no data
Bus rate2.5 GT/sno data
Multiplier1211
L1 cache64 KB (per core)56 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)4 MB (shared)
L3 cache6 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size296 mm293 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Number of transistors774 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-720QM 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCPGA988,PGA988FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-720QM and Pentium Silver N5000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technology1.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Responseno data-
PAE36 Bitno data
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Core i7-720QM and Pentium Silver N5000 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 i7-720QM 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 i7-720QM and Pentium Silver N5000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1066, DDR3-1333DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/s38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardNoneIntel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-720QM and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-720QM and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-720QM and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-720QM and Pentium Silver N5000.

PCIe version22.0
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.

i7-720QM 1.04
Pentium Silver N5000 1.54
+48.1%

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.

i7-720QM 1659
Pentium Silver N5000 2442
+47.2%

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.

i7-720QM 306
Pentium Silver N5000 346
+13.1%

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.

i7-720QM 854
Pentium Silver N5000 860
+0.7%

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.

i7-720QM 2995
+30.5%
Pentium Silver N5000 2295

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.

i7-720QM 8357
+25%
Pentium Silver N5000 6688

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.

i7-720QM 3100
Pentium Silver N5000 3320
+7.1%

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.

i7-720QM 16.64
+1.1%
Pentium Silver N5000 16.83

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.

i7-720QM 3
+4.3%
Pentium Silver N5000 3

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.04 1.54
Recency 23 September 2009 11 December 2017
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 6 Watt

i7-720QM has 100% more threads.

Pentium Silver N5000, on the other hand, has a 48.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 650% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Silver N5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i7-720QM in performance tests.


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