Intel Pentium Silver N5030 vs Core i5-4310U

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Combined performance score

i5-4310U
1.64

Pentium Silver N5030 outperforms Core i5-4310U by 4% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Core i5-4310U and Pentium Silver N5030 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking19441919
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5Intel Gemini Lake
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date19 January 2014 (10 years old)4 November 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$281no data
Current price$622 (2.2x MSRP)no data

Technical specs

Core i5-4310U 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)
Threads44
Base clock speed2 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.1 GHz
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache512 KB4 MB
L3 cache3 MB4 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-4310U 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
SocketFCBGA1168FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-4310U and Pentium Silver N5030. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
TSX-no data
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
SIPP+no data
Smart Response+-
GPIO++
Smart Connect+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FDI-no data
AMT9.5no data
Matrix Storage-no data
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued
HD Audio+no data
RST+no data

Security technologies

Core i5-4310U and Pentium Silver N5030 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-4310U and Pentium Silver N5030 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-4310U and Pentium Silver N5030. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4, DDR4
Maximum memory size16 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 4400Intel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memory2 GB8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHz750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-4310U and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-4310U and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.43280x2000@60Hz4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort3200x2000@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-4310U and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.2/1212
OpenGL4.34.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-4310U and Pentium Silver N5030.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes126
PCI support-no data
USB revision3.02.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports42
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports42
Integrated IDE-no data
Number of USB ports48
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.

i5-4310U 1.64
Pentium Silver N5030 1.70
+3.7%

Pentium Silver N5030 outperforms Core i5-4310U by 4% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i5-4310U 2523
Pentium Silver N5030 2613
+3.6%

Pentium Silver N5030 outperforms Core i5-4310U by 4% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i5-4310U 783
+114%
Pentium Silver N5030 366

Core i5-4310U outperforms Pentium Silver N5030 by 114% in GeekBench 5 Single-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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i5-4310U 1495
+82.1%
Pentium Silver N5030 821

Core i5-4310U outperforms Pentium Silver N5030 by 82% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

i5-4310U 5897
+136%
Pentium Silver N5030 2498

Core i5-4310U outperforms Pentium Silver N5030 by 136% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i5-4310U 8960
+16%
Pentium Silver N5030 7724

Core i5-4310U outperforms Pentium Silver N5030 by 16% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i5-4310U 3463
Pentium Silver N5030 3895
+12.5%

Pentium Silver N5030 outperforms Core i5-4310U by 12% in 3DMark06 CPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

i5-4310U 19.4
Pentium Silver N5030 14.65
+32.4%

Core i5-4310U outperforms Pentium Silver N5030 by 32% in wPrime 32.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

i5-4310U 3
Pentium Silver N5030 3
+6.6%

Pentium Silver N5030 outperforms Core i5-4310U by 7% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i5-4310U 263
+16.4%
Pentium Silver N5030 226

Core i5-4310U outperforms Pentium Silver N5030 by 16% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i5-4310U 110
+36%
Pentium Silver N5030 81

Core i5-4310U outperforms Pentium Silver N5030 by 36% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

i5-4310U 1.28
+25.5%
Pentium Silver N5030 1.02

Core i5-4310U outperforms Pentium Silver N5030 by 25% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-4310U 2165
+86.2%
Pentium Silver N5030 1163

Core i5-4310U outperforms Pentium Silver N5030 by 86% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-4310U 87
+3.3%
Pentium Silver N5030 84

Core i5-4310U outperforms Pentium Silver N5030 by 3% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-4310U 17
Pentium Silver N5030 18
+4%

Pentium Silver N5030 outperforms Core i5-4310U by 4% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.64 1.70
Integrated graphics card 1.35 1.17
Recency 19 January 2014 4 November 2019
Physical cores 2 4
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

We couldn't decide between Core i5-4310U and Pentium Silver N5030. The differences in performance seem too small.


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