Celeron N3010 vs Pentium Silver N5000

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron N3010 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2115	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium Silver	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	24.32	no data
Architecture codename	Goldmont Plus (2017)	Airmont (2016)
Release date	11 December 2017 (6 years ago)	10 January 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	$107

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron N3010 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	1.04 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	2.24 GHz
Bus type	no data	IDI
Multiplier	11	no data
L1 cache	56 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	4 MB (shared)	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	93 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	90 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron N3010 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	FCBGA1090	FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	4 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron N3010. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Smart Response	-	-
GPIO	+	+
Smart Connect	no data	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
HD Audio	no data	+
RST	no data	-

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron N3010 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron N3010 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron N3010. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size	8 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics 605	no data
Max video memory	8 GB	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	750 MHz	600 MHz
Execution Units	18	12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron N3010 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron N3010 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

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no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron N3010 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	+
OpenGL	4.4	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron N3010.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	6	4
USB revision	2.0/3.0	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	2	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	2
Number of USB ports	8	5
Integrated LAN	-	-
UART	+	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 December 2017	10 January 2016
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	4 Watt

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