Pentium Silver N6005 vs Pentium E5300

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium E5300
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.57
Pentium Silver N6005
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
3.38
+493%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Pentium E5300 by a whopping 493% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5300 and Pentium Silver N6005 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28301569
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.04no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiency0.8331.99
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release dateNovember 2008 (16 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$64no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium E5300 and Pentium Silver N6005 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 speed2.6 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz3.3 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache2 MB (shared)1.5 MB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography45 nm10 nm
Die size82 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature74 °C105 °C
Number of transistors228 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5300 and Pentium Silver N6005 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
SocketLGA775FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5300 and Pentium Silver N6005. 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 Responseno data-
Demand Based Switching-no data
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Pentium E5300 and Pentium Silver N6005 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB+no data
Identity Protection-+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E5300 and Pentium Silver N6005 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5300 and Pentium Silver N6005. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data900 MHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium E5300 and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium E5300 and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium E5300 and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E5300 and Pentium Silver N6005.

PCI Express lanesno data8
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data14
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.

Pentium E5300 0.57
Pentium Silver N6005 3.38
+493%

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.

Pentium E5300 904
Pentium Silver N6005 5367
+494%

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.

Pentium E5300 298
Pentium Silver N6005 549
+84.2%

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.

Pentium E5300 489
Pentium Silver N6005 1428
+192%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.57 3.38
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 10 Watt

Pentium Silver N6005 has a 493% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 350% more advanced lithography process, and 550% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Silver N6005 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium E5300 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium E5300 is a desktop processor while Pentium Silver N6005 is a notebook one.


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