Ryzen 5 6600H vs Pentium Silver N5030

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N5030
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.63
Ryzen 5 6600H
2022
6 cores / 12 threads, 45 Watt
11.78
+623%

Ryzen 5 6600H outperforms Pentium Silver N5030 by a whopping 623% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N5030 and Ryzen 5 6600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2089663
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Gemini LakeAMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Power efficiency25.6924.76
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+) (2022)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5030 and Ryzen 5 6600H 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed1.1 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz4.5 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm6 nm
Die sizeno data208 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C95 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5030 and Ryzen 5 6600H 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
SocketFCBGA1090FP7
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Ryzen 5 6600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
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
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N5030 and Ryzen 5 6600H 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 N5030 and Ryzen 5 6600H 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 N5030 and Ryzen 5 6600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 605AMD Radeon 660M ( - 1900 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 N5030 and Ryzen 5 6600H 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 N5030 and Ryzen 5 6600H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Ryzen 5 6600H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Ryzen 5 6600H.

PCIe version2.04.0
PCI Express lanes620
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 N5030 1.63
Ryzen 5 6600H 11.78
+623%

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
Ryzen 5 6600H 18706
+621%

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 357
Ryzen 5 6600H 1816
+409%

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 783
Ryzen 5 6600H 7502
+858%

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
Ryzen 5 6600H 1737
+669%

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
Ryzen 5 6600H 236
+192%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Pentium Silver N5030 1221
Ryzen 5 6600H 7729
+533%

Blender(-)

Pentium Silver N5030 3450
+1077%
Ryzen 5 6600H 293

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Pentium Silver N5030 512
Ryzen 5 6600H 1474
+188%

7-Zip Single

Pentium Silver N5030 2645
Ryzen 5 6600H 5553
+110%

7-Zip

Pentium Silver N5030 7238
Ryzen 5 6600H 47836
+561%

WebXPRT 3

Pentium Silver N5030 95
Ryzen 5 6600H 244
+156%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.63 11.78
Integrated graphics card 1.18 16.31
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 45 Watt

Pentium Silver N5030 has 650% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 6600H, on the other hand, has a 622.7% higher aggregate performance score, 1282.2% faster integrated GPU, 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 6600H is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N5030 in performance tests.


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