Pentium Silver N5030 vs Celeron G1620

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron G1620
2012
2 cores / 2 threads, 55 Watt
0.99
Pentium Silver N5030
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.63
+64.6%

Pentium Silver N5030 outperforms Celeron G1620 by an impressive 65% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron G1620 and Pentium Silver N5030 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking24802090
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.05no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Gemini Lake
Power efficiency1.7025.69
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge (2012−2013)Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date3 December 2012 (12 years ago)4 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$208no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron G1620 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.7 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz3.1 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)4 MB
L3 cache2 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size94 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)65 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron G1620 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
SocketFCLGA1155FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G1620 and Pentium Silver N5030. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data-
My WiFi-no data
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Celeron G1620 and Pentium Silver N5030 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++
Secure Key-+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theft--

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G1620 and Pentium Silver N5030 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron G1620 and Pentium Silver N5030. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel ProcessorsIntel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHz750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron G1620 and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron G1620 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 Celeron G1620 and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G1620 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+

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.

Celeron G1620 0.99
Pentium Silver N5030 1.63
+64.6%

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.

Celeron G1620 1571
Pentium Silver N5030 2596
+65.2%

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.

Celeron G1620 421
+17.9%
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.

Celeron G1620 736
Pentium Silver N5030 783
+6.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.99 1.63
Integrated graphics card 0.77 1.18
Recency 3 December 2012 4 November 2019
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 6 Watt

Pentium Silver N5030 has a 64.6% higher aggregate performance score, 53.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 816.7% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Silver N5030 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron G1620 in performance tests.

Note that Celeron G1620 is a desktop processor while Pentium Silver N5030 is a notebook one.


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