Pentium Silver N5030 vs Phenom II X4 945 (125W)

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Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 945 (125W) and Pentium Silver N5030 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2070
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Gemini Lake
Power efficiencyno data25.68
Architecture codenameDeneb (2009−2011)Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date23 April 2009 (15 years ago)4 November 2019 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 945 (125W) and Pentium Silver N5030 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 speed3 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.1 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache512 KB (per core)4 MB
L3 cache6 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size258 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors758 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 945 (125W) and Pentium Silver N5030 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
SocketAM3FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 945 (125W) and Pentium Silver N5030. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Phenom II X4 945 (125W) and Pentium Silver N5030 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 945 (125W) and Pentium Silver N5030 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 945 (125W) and Pentium Silver N5030. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)Intel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Phenom II X4 945 (125W) and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Phenom II X4 945 (125W) and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Phenom II X4 945 (125W) and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 945 (125W) and Pentium Silver N5030.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data6
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 April 2009 4 November 2019
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 6 Watt

Pentium Silver N5030 has an age advantage of 10 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 1983.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Phenom II X4 945 (125W) and Pentium Silver N5030. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Phenom II X4 945 (125W) is a desktop processor while Pentium Silver N5030 is a notebook one.


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