Pentium Silver N5000 vs Pentium G630
Aggregate performance score
Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Pentium G630 by an impressive 84% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium G630 and Pentium Silver N5000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2506 | 2050 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.06 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Pentium Silver |
| Architecture codename | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) | Goldmont Plus (2017) |
| Release date | 4 September 2011 (12 years ago) | 11 December 2017 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $100 | $161 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Pentium G630 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.7 GHz | 1.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.7 GHz | 2.7 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 56 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 4 MB (shared) |
| L3 cache | 3 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 131 mm2 | 93 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 69 °C | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 504 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium G630 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 configuration | 1 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | 1155 | Intel BGA 1090 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 6 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G630 and Pentium Silver N5000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G630 and Pentium Silver N5000 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G630 and Pentium Silver N5000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 17 GB/s | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | no data | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) | Intel UHD Graphics 605 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G630 and Pentium Silver N5000.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 6 |
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 Silver N5000 outperforms Pentium G630 by 84% based on our aggregate 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: 65%
Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Pentium G630 by 84% 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: 40%
Pentium G630 outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 13% 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: 40%
Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Pentium G630 by 26% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.86 | 1.58 |
| Recency | 4 September 2011 | 11 December 2017 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 6 Watt |
Pentium Silver N5000 has a 83.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 983.3% lower power consumption.
The Pentium Silver N5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium G630 in performance tests.
Note that Pentium G630 is a desktop processor while Pentium Silver N5000 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium G630 and Pentium Silver N5000, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
Similar processor comparisons
We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.
