Pentium Silver N5000 vs Celeron N3000

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron N3000
2015
2 cores / 2 threads, 4 Watt
0.39
Pentium Silver N5000
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.54
+295%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Celeron N3000 by a whopping 295% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N3000 and Pentium Silver N5000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking30152134
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel Pentium Silver
Power efficiency9.2324.29
Architecture codenameBraswell (2015−2016)Goldmont Plus (2017)
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)11 December 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107$161

Detailed specifications

Celeron N3000 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed1.04 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.08 GHz2.7 GHz
Bus typeIDIno data
Multiplierno data11
L1 cacheno data56 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB4 MB (shared)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data93 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N3000 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1170FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)4 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N3000 and Pentium Silver N5000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Response--
GPIO++
Smart Connect-no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Celeron N3000 and Pentium Silver N5000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N3000 and Pentium Silver N5000 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x++
VT-i-no data
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N3000 and Pentium Silver N5000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics for Intel Celeron Processor N3000 SeriesIntel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memory8 GB8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency600 MHz750 MHz
Execution Units1218

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N3000 and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N3000 and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N3000 and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+12
OpenGL+4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N3000 and Pentium Silver N5000.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes46
USB revision2.0/3.02.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports22
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports22
Number of USB ports58
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.


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 N3000 0.39
Pentium Silver N5000 1.54
+295%

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 N3000 626
Pentium Silver N5000 2442
+290%

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 N3000 151
Pentium Silver N5000 346
+129%

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 N3000 264
Pentium Silver N5000 860
+226%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.39 1.54
Integrated graphics card 0.77 1.18
Recency 1 April 2015 11 December 2017
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 4 Watt 6 Watt

Celeron N3000 has 50% lower power consumption.

Pentium Silver N5000, on the other hand, has a 294.9% higher aggregate performance score, 53.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

The Pentium Silver N5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N3000 in performance tests.


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