Intel Pentium Silver N5000 vs Core i5-5250U

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Combined performance score

i5-5250U
1.60
+0.6%

Core i5-5250U outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 1% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Core i5-5250U and Pentium Silver N5000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking19621968
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5Intel Pentium Silver
Architecture codenameBroadwell-U (2015)Gemini Lake (2019)
Release date1 March 2015 (9 years old)11 December 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$315$161
Current price$578 (1.8x MSRP)$358 (2.2x MSRP)

Technical specs

Core i5-5250U 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)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz2.7 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)256 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)4 MB
L3 cache3 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size133 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)105 °Cno data
Number of transistors1900 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-5250U 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1168FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-5250U and Pentium Silver N5000. 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++
Flex Memory Access+no data
SIPP-no data
Smart Response+-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Core i5-5250U and Pentium Silver N5000 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 Guard++
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-5250U and Pentium Silver N5000 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 i5-5250U and Pentium Silver N5000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR3DDR4, DDR4
Maximum memory size16 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 6000Intel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memory16 GB8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency950 MHz750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-5250U and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-5250U and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.42560X1600@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort3840x2160@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-5250U and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.2/1212
OpenGL4.34.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-5250U and Pentium Silver N5000.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes126
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.

i5-5250U 1.60
+0.6%
Pentium Silver N5000 1.59

Core i5-5250U outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 1% 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%

i5-5250U 2463
+0.9%
Pentium Silver N5000 2442

Core i5-5250U outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 1% 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%

i5-5250U 811
+132%
Pentium Silver N5000 349

Core i5-5250U outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 132% 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%

i5-5250U 1570
+79.6%
Pentium Silver N5000 874

Core i5-5250U outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 80% 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%

i5-5250U 4104
+78.8%
Pentium Silver N5000 2295

Core i5-5250U outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 79% 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%

i5-5250U 8721
+30.4%
Pentium Silver N5000 6688

Core i5-5250U outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 30% 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%

i5-5250U 3393
+2.2%
Pentium Silver N5000 3320

Core i5-5250U outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 2% 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%

i5-5250U 19.5
Pentium Silver N5000 16.83
+15.9%

Core i5-5250U outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 16% 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%

i5-5250U 3
Pentium Silver N5000 3
+0.4%

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%

i5-5250U 260
+9.9%
Pentium Silver N5000 237

Core i5-5250U outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 10% 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%

i5-5250U 107
+37.2%
Pentium Silver N5000 78

Core i5-5250U outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 37% 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%

i5-5250U 1.16
+23.4%
Pentium Silver N5000 0.94

Core i5-5250U outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 23% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-5250U 1.5
Pentium Silver N5000 1.9
+26.7%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Core i5-5250U by 27% in TrueCrypt AES.

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%

i5-5250U 2423
+94.6%
Pentium Silver N5000 1245

Core i5-5250U outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 95% 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%

i5-5250U 89
+16%
Pentium Silver N5000 76

Core i5-5250U outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 16% 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%

i5-5250U 16
+6.9%
Pentium Silver N5000 15

Core i5-5250U outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 7% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

i5-5250U 2638
+48.4%
Pentium Silver N5000 1778

Core i5-5250U outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 48% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

i5-5250U 5216
Pentium Silver N5000 5548
+6.4%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Core i5-5250U by 6% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

i5-5250U 6769
+40.5%
Pentium Silver N5000 4819

Core i5-5250U outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 40% in Geekbench 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.60 1.59
Integrated graphics card 2.19 1.17
Recency 1 March 2015 11 December 2017
Physical cores 2 4
Cost $315 $161
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

We couldn't decide between Core i5-5250U and Pentium Silver N5000. The differences in performance seem too small.


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