Pentium Silver vs 7 230H

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Aggregate performance score

Core 7 230H
2026
10 cores / 16 threads
14.33
+743%

Core 7 230H outperforms Pentium Silver by a whopping 743% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking6742412
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Raptor Lake-Hno data
DesignerIntelIntel
Architecture codenameRaptor Lake-H (2023−2026)no data
Release date12 June 2026 (less than a year ago)1 July 2020 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Basic parameters of Core 7 230H and Pentium Silver: 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)no data
Threads16no data
Base clock speed1.8 GHzno data
Boost clock speed5.2 GHzno data
L1 cache864 KBno data
L2 cache9.5 MBno data
L3 cache24 MBno data
Chip lithography10 nmno data
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Core 7 230H and Pentium Silver 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.

SocketBGA1700no data

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

7 230H 14.33
+743%
Pentium Silver 1.70

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

7 230H 24533
+743%
Samples: 3
Pentium Silver 2911
Samples: 335

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.33 1.70
Recency 12 June 2026 1 July 2020

7 230H has a 743% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 5 years.

The Intel Core 7 230H is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Silver in performance tests.

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