i5-2430M vs Pentium Silver A1030

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver A1030 and Core i5-2430M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2287
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Core i5
Power efficiencyno data3.41
Architecture codenameno dataSandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date1 July 2020 (4 years ago)1 October 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$225

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver A1030 and Core i5-2430M 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz3 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rateno data4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data24
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cacheno data512 KB
L3 cache4 MB3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data149 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 deg C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data624 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver A1030 and Core i5-2430M 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1090PPGA988
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Core i5-2430M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® AVX
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX-+
vPro-no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift-no data
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Response-no data
Demand Based Switchingno data-
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Pentium Silver A1030 and Core i5-2430M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection++
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data
Anti-Theft-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Core i5-2430M are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Core i5-2430M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesupto-2400DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics 3000
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequency700 GHz1.2 GHz
Execution Units12no data
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver A1030 and Core i5-2430M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported32
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
MIPI-DSI+no data
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Core i5-2430M integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Core i5-2430M integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Core i5-2430M.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes616
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2020 1 October 2011
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt

Pentium Silver A1030 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

i5-2430M, on the other hand, has 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Silver A1030 and Core i5-2430M. We've got no test results to judge.


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