Pentium Silver vs i9-10880H
Aggregate performance score
Core i9-10880H outperforms Pentium Silver by a whopping 389% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1172 | 2417 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Comet Lake | no data |
| Power efficiency | 7.66 | no data |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Comet Lake-H (2020) | no data |
| Release date | 2 April 2020 (6 years ago) | 1 July 2020 (6 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic parameters of Core i9-10880H 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 cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | no data |
| Threads | 16 | no data |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 5.1 GHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | no data |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Core i9-10880H 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.
| Socket | FCBGA1440 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | no data |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i9-10880H and Pentium Silver. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i9-10880H and Pentium Silver are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i9-10880H and Pentium Silver. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1200 MHz) | no 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 8.32 | 1.70 |
| Recency | 2 April 2020 | 1 July 2020 |
i9-10880H has a 389% higher aggregate performance score.
Pentium Silver, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months.
The Intel Core i9-10880H is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Silver in performance tests.
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