Pentium Silver N5030 vs Celeron 2961Y

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 2961Y and Pentium Silver N5030 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	2075
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	Intel Gemini Lake
Power efficiency	no data	25.71
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date	1 December 2013 (10 years ago)	4 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron 2961Y 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.1 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256K (per core)	4 MB
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	118 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 2961Y 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FCBGA1168	FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)	11.5 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2961Y and Pentium Silver N5030. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Smart Response	-	-
GPIO	+	+
Smart Connect	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
FDI	-	no data
AMT	9.5	no data
Matrix Storage	-	no data
HD Audio	+	no data
RST	+	no data

Security technologies

Celeron 2961Y and Pentium Silver N5030 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
MPX	-	+
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+
Anti-Theft	-	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 2961Y and Pentium Silver N5030 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	-	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 2961Y and Pentium Silver N5030. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	16 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors	Intel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memory	no data	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	850 MHz	750 MHz
Execution Units	no data	18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2961Y and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	3
eDP	+	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
MIPI-DSI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron 2961Y and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron 2961Y and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 2961Y and Pentium Silver N5030.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	12	6
PCI support	-	no data
USB revision	3.0	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	4	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	4	2
Integrated IDE	-	no data
Number of USB ports	4	8
Integrated LAN	-	-
UART	+	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 December 2013	4 November 2019
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	11 Watt	6 Watt

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