Ryzen 9 5900X vs Pentium Silver N5030

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N5030
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.63
Ryzen 9 5900X
2020
12 cores / 24 threads, 105 Watt
24.61
+1410%

Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms Pentium Silver N5030 by a whopping 1410% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N5030 and Ryzen 9 5900X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2089206
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data32.25
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Gemini LakeAMD Ryzen 9
Power efficiency25.6922.17
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Vermeer (Zen3) (2020−2022)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)5 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$549

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5030 and Ryzen 9 5900X 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads424
Base clock speed1.1 GHz3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz4.8 GHz
Multiplierno data37
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB64 MB
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm, 12 nm
Die sizeno data2x 74 mm2(CCD) + 125 mm2 (IOD)
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistorsno data0 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5030 and Ryzen 9 5900X 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
SocketFCBGA1090AM4
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Ryzen 9 5900X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.286x MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A,-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2
AES-NI++
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 9 5900X 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 9 5900X 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 9 5900X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size8 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.196 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 605-
Max video memory8 GB-
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency750 MHz-
Execution Units18-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N5030 and Ryzen 9 5900X integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3-
eDP+-
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+-

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Ryzen 9 5900X integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Ryzen 9 5900X integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12-
OpenGL4.4-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Ryzen 9 5900X.

PCIe version2.04.0
PCI Express lanes6no data
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 9 5900X 24.61
+1410%

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 9 5900X 39097
+1407%

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 9 5900X 2207
+518%

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 9 5900X 11939
+1425%

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
Ryzen 9 5900X 6828
+173%

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
Ryzen 9 5900X 52076
+574%

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
Ryzen 9 5900X 16438
+322%

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
Ryzen 9 5900X 42
+1252%

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 9 5900X 2695
+1093%

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 9 5900X 250
+209%

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
Ryzen 9 5900X 3.14
+208%

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
Ryzen 9 5900X 13361
+1049%

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
Ryzen 9 5900X 191
+986%

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
Ryzen 9 5900X 335
+299%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Pentium Silver N5030 1221
Ryzen 9 5900X 11765
+864%

Blender(-)

Pentium Silver N5030 3450
+2137%
Ryzen 9 5900X 154

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Pentium Silver N5030 512
Ryzen 9 5900X 1604
+213%

7-Zip Single

Pentium Silver N5030 2645
Ryzen 9 5900X 6582
+149%

7-Zip

Pentium Silver N5030 7238
Ryzen 9 5900X 90443
+1150%

WebXPRT 3

Pentium Silver N5030 95
Ryzen 9 5900X 279
+192%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.63 24.61
Recency 4 November 2019 5 November 2020
Physical cores 4 12
Threads 4 24
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 105 Watt

Pentium Silver N5030 has 1650% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 5900X, on the other hand, has a 1409.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 9 5900X is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N5030 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Silver N5030 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 9 5900X is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver N5030 and Ryzen 9 5900X, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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