A4-9125 SoC vs Pentium Silver N5000

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N5000 and A4-9125 SoC processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2113not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium Silverno data
Power efficiency24.32no data
Architecture codenameGoldmont Plus (2017)Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date11 December 2017 (6 years ago)April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5000 and A4-9125 SoC 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.1 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz2.6 GHz
Multiplier11no data
L1 cache56 KB (per core)160 KB
L2 cache4 MB (shared)1 MB (shared)
L3 cache4 MBno data
Chip lithography14 nm28 nm
Die size93 mm2125 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data1,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5000 and A4-9125 SoC 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
SocketFCBGA1090FT4
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and A4-9125 SoC. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N5000 and A4-9125 SoC technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and A4-9125 SoC are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and A4-9125 SoC. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 605Radeon R3 2CU
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency750 MHzno data
Execution Units18no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N5000 and A4-9125 SoC integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and A4-9125 SoC integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and A4-9125 SoC integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and A4-9125 SoC.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes68
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


Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 15 Watt

Pentium Silver N5000 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

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