Atom x5-Z8300 vs Pentium Silver N5000

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N5000
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.54
+202%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by a whopping 202% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N5000 and Atom x5-Z8300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking21192862
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium Silver5x Intel Atom
Power efficiency24.29no data
Architecture codenameGoldmont Plus (2017)Cherry Trail (2015−2016)
Release date11 December 2017 (6 years ago)2 March 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5000 and Atom x5-Z8300 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)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.1 GHz1.44 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz1.84 GHz
Multiplier11no data
L1 cache56 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache4 MB (shared)2 MB
L3 cache4 MB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size93 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C90 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5000 and Atom x5-Z8300 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)
SocketFCBGA1090UTFCBGA592
Power consumption (TDP)6 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Atom x5-Z8300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
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 Atom x5-Z8300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data
Secure Bootno 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 Atom x5-Z8300 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Atom x5-Z8300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GB2 GB
Max memory channels21
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s12.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 605Intel HD Graphics
Max video memory8 GB2 GB
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency750 MHz500 MHz
Execution Units1812

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N5000 and Atom x5-Z8300 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Atom x5-Z8300 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data1920x1080

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Atom x5-Z8300 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Atom x5-Z8300.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes61
USB revision2.0/3.03.0
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

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.

Pentium Silver N5000 1.54
+202%
Atom x5-Z8300 0.51

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.

Pentium Silver N5000 2442
+200%
Atom x5-Z8300 814

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.

Pentium Silver N5000 347
+165%
Atom x5-Z8300 131

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.

Pentium Silver N5000 859
+143%
Atom x5-Z8300 354

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.

Pentium Silver N5000 2295
+144%
Atom x5-Z8300 942

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.

Pentium Silver N5000 6688
+128%
Atom x5-Z8300 2934

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.

Pentium Silver N5000 3320
+96.3%
Atom x5-Z8300 1691

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.

Pentium Silver N5000 16.83
+116%
Atom x5-Z8300 36.4

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.

Pentium Silver N5000 3
+139%
Atom x5-Z8300 1

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Pentium Silver N5000 237
+152%
Atom x5-Z8300 94

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Pentium Silver N5000 78
+189%
Atom x5-Z8300 27

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Pentium Silver N5000 0.94
+169%
Atom x5-Z8300 0.35

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Pentium Silver N5000 1.9
+217%
Atom x5-Z8300 0.6

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Pentium Silver N5000 15
+121%
Atom x5-Z8300 7

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Pentium Silver N5000 76
+114%
Atom x5-Z8300 36

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Pentium Silver N5000 1245
+59.6%
Atom x5-Z8300 780

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Pentium Silver N5000 5548
+154%
Atom x5-Z8300 2187

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Pentium Silver N5000 1778
+137%
Atom x5-Z8300 750

Geekbench 2

Pentium Silver N5000 4819
+95.9%
Atom x5-Z8300 2461

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.54 0.51
Integrated graphics card 1.17 0.77
Recency 11 December 2017 2 March 2015

Pentium Silver N5000 has a 202% higher aggregate performance score, 51.9% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 2 years.

The Pentium Silver N5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x5-Z8300 in performance tests.


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