Pentium Silver N5000 vs A4-3310MX
Aggregate performance score
Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms A4-3310MX by a whopping 214% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing A4-3310MX and Pentium Silver N5000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2883 | 2118 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD A-Series | Intel Pentium Silver |
| Power efficiency | 1.33 | 24.26 |
| Architecture codename | Llano (2011−2012) | Goldmont Plus (2017) |
| Release date | 14 June 2011 (13 years ago) | 11 December 2017 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $161 |
Detailed specifications
A4-3310MX and Pentium Silver N5000 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 1.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 2.7 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 11 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 4 MB (shared) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 228 mm2 | 93 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on A4-3310MX and Pentium Silver N5000 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 configuration | 1 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FS1 | FCBGA1090 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 6 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-3310MX and Pentium Silver N5000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6480G | Intel® SSE4.2 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| 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 | - |
Security technologies
A4-3310MX and Pentium Silver N5000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | no data | + |
| Secure Key | no data | + |
| MPX | - | + |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® ME |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
| Anti-Theft | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-3310MX and Pentium Silver N5000 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 A4-3310MX and Pentium Silver N5000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 38.397 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon HD 6480G | Intel UHD Graphics 605 |
| Max video memory | no data | 8 GB |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 750 MHz |
| Execution Units | no data | 18 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of A4-3310MX and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 3 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
| MIPI-DSI | no data | + |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by A4-3310MX and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | no data | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by A4-3310MX and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | 12 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.4 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-3310MX and Pentium Silver N5000.
| PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 6 |
| USB revision | no data | 2.0/3.0 |
| Total number of SATA ports | no data | 2 |
| Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | no data | 2 |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 8 |
| 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.50 | 1.57 |
| Integrated graphics card | 0.66 | 1.17 |
| Recency | 14 June 2011 | 11 December 2017 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 6 Watt |
Pentium Silver N5000 has a 214% higher aggregate performance score, 77.3% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 483.3% lower power consumption.
The Pentium Silver N5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-3310MX in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between A4-3310MX and Pentium Silver N5000, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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