Celeron N4505 vs Pentium Silver N5030

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N5030
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.63
+14%
Celeron N4505
2021
2 cores / 2 threads, 10 Watt
1.43

Pentium Silver N5030 outperforms Celeron N4505 by a moderate 14% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N5030 and Celeron N4505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20882202
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Gemini Lakeno data
Power efficiency25.7113.53
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5030 and Celeron N4505 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 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz2.9 GHz
L2 cache4 MB1.5 MB
L3 cache4 MB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5030 and Celeron N4505 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
SocketFCBGA1090FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Celeron N4505. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift-+
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Response--
GPIO++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N5030 and Celeron N4505 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® ME-
OS Guard++
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Celeron N4505 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Celeron N4505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 605Intel UHD Graphics
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video++
Graphics max frequency750 MHz750 MHz
Execution Units1816

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N5030 and Celeron N4505 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
MIPI-DSI++

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Celeron N4505 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hz4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2160@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Celeron N4505 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.44.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Celeron N4505.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes68
USB revision2.0/3.02.0/3.2
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports22
Number of USB ports814
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.


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 N5030 1.63
+14%
Celeron N4505 1.43

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 N5030 2594
+14.5%
Celeron N4505 2266

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 N5030 358
Celeron N4505 459
+28.2%

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 N5030 785
+2.7%
Celeron N4505 764

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 N5030 2498
Celeron N4505 3622
+45%

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 N5030 7724
+12.6%
Celeron N4505 6861

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 N5030 3895
+21.2%
Celeron N4505 3214

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 N5030 14.65
+145%
Celeron N4505 35.84

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 N5030 3
+24.1%
Celeron N4505 2

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 N5030 226
+14.4%
Celeron N4505 198

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 N5030 81
Celeron N4505 106
+31%

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 N5030 1.02
Celeron N4505 1.28
+25.5%

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 N5030 1163
+9.6%
Celeron N4505 1062

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 N5030 18
+28.8%
Celeron N4505 14

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 N5030 84
+16.2%
Celeron N4505 72

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Pentium Silver N5030 1221
Celeron N4505 1232
+0.9%

Blender(-)

Pentium Silver N5030 3450
+19%
Celeron N4505 2899

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Pentium Silver N5030 512
Celeron N4505 654
+27.6%

7-Zip Single

Pentium Silver N5030 2645
Celeron N4505 3047
+15.2%

7-Zip

Pentium Silver N5030 7238
+20.6%
Celeron N4505 6004

WebXPRT 3

Pentium Silver N5030 95
Celeron N4505 114
+19.7%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.63 1.43
Integrated graphics card 1.18 5.58
Recency 4 November 2019 11 January 2021
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 10 Watt

Pentium Silver N5030 has a 14% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

Celeron N4505, on the other hand, has 372.9% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Pentium Silver N5030 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N4505 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Silver N5030 is a notebook processor while Celeron N4505 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver N5030 and Celeron N4505, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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