Pentium Silver N5030 vs Ryzen 7 1700X

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 1700X
2017
8 cores / 16 threads, 95 Watt
9.86
+505%
Pentium Silver N5030
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.63

Ryzen 7 1700X outperforms Pentium Silver N5030 by a whopping 505% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 1700X and Pentium Silver N5030 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking7872089
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.61no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7Intel Gemini Lake
Power efficiency9.8225.69
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date2 March 2017 (7 years ago)4 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 1700X 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads164
Base clock speed3.4 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.1 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier34no data
L1 cache768 KBno data
L2 cache4096 KB4 MB
L3 cache16384 KB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size192 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 1700X 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Pentium Silver N5030. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMAFMA3-
AVX+-
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-
XFR+-
SenseMI+-

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 1700X 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 Ryzen 7 1700X 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 Ryzen 7 1700X and Pentium Silver N5030. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memory-8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequency-750 MHz
Execution Units-18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 7 1700X and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported-3
eDP-+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSI-+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support-+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4-4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP-4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort-4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-12
OpenGL-4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Pentium Silver N5030.

PCIe versionn/a2.0
PCI Express lanes206
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+

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 9.86
+505%
Pentium Silver N5030 1.63

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 15661
+504%
Pentium Silver N5030 2594

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 1098
+208%
Pentium Silver N5030 357

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 5603
+616%
Pentium Silver N5030 783

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 4662
+86.6%
Pentium Silver N5030 2498

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 31950
+314%
Pentium Silver N5030 7724

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 9076
+133%
Pentium Silver N5030 3895

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 4.89
+200%
Pentium Silver N5030 14.65

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 17
+449%
Pentium Silver N5030 3

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 7 1700X 1537
+580%
Pentium Silver N5030 226

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 154
+90.4%
Pentium Silver N5030 81

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 1.73
+69.6%
Pentium Silver N5030 1.02

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 3728
+221%
Pentium Silver N5030 1163

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.  

Ryzen 7 1700X 90
+412%
Pentium Silver N5030 18

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.  

Ryzen 7 1700X 180
+114%
Pentium Silver N5030 84

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 7 1700X 6275
+414%
Pentium Silver N5030 1221

Blender(-)

Ryzen 7 1700X 327
Pentium Silver N5030 3450
+955%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 7 1700X 932
+82%
Pentium Silver N5030 512

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 7 1700X 3746
+41.6%
Pentium Silver N5030 2645

7-Zip

Ryzen 7 1700X 39624
+447%
Pentium Silver N5030 7238

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.86 1.63
Recency 2 March 2017 4 November 2019
Physical cores 8 4
Threads 16 4
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 6 Watt

Ryzen 7 1700X has a 504.9% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Pentium Silver N5030, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 1483.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 7 1700X is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N5030 in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 7 1700X is a desktop processor while Pentium Silver N5030 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 7 1700X and Pentium Silver N5030, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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