Processor N97 vs Pentium Silver N5000

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N5000
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.54
Processor N97
2023
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
3.49
+127%

Processor N97 outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by a whopping 127% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N5000 and Processor N97 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking21341543
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium Silverno data
Power efficiency24.2927.52
Architecture codenameGoldmont Plus (2017)Alder Lake-N (2023)
Release date11 December 2017 (7 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5000 and Processor N97 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 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz3.6 GHz
Multiplier11no data
L1 cache256 KB96 KB (per core)
L2 cache4 MB (shared)2 MB (shared)
L3 cache4 MB6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Die size93 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5000 and Processor N97 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
SocketFCBGA1090Intel BGA 1264
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt12 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Processor N97. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
AVX-+
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 Processor N97 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
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 Processor N97 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Processor N97. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4, DDR5 4800 MHz Single-channel
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 card
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Intel UHD Graphics 605Intel UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) ( - 1200 MHz)
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 Processor N97 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 Processor N97 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Processor N97 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Processor N97.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes69
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

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
Processor N97 3.49
+127%

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
Processor N97 5445
+137%

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
Processor N97 15323
+129%

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
Processor N97 6461
+94.6%

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
Processor N97 16.82
+0.1%

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
Processor N97 6
+113%

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
Processor N97 479
+103%

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
Processor N97 161
+106%

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
Processor N97 1.94
+106%

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
Processor N97 2.9
+52.6%

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
Processor N97 2321
+86.4%

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
Processor N97 35
+126%

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
Processor N97 175
+129%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Pentium Silver N5000 1582
Processor N97 2757
+74.3%

Blender(-)

Pentium Silver N5000 2707
+165%
Processor N97 1020

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Pentium Silver N5000 421
Processor N97 1060
+152%

7-Zip Single

Pentium Silver N5000 2431
Processor N97 4019
+65.3%

7-Zip

Pentium Silver N5000 7320
Processor N97 13174
+80%

WebXPRT 3

Pentium Silver N5000 89
Processor N97 191
+115%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.54 3.49
Integrated graphics card 1.18 2.32
Recency 11 December 2017 3 January 2023
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 12 Watt

Pentium Silver N5000 has 100% lower power consumption.

Processor N97, on the other hand, has a 126.6% higher aggregate performance score, 96.6% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Processor N97 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N5000 in performance tests.


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