i5-4460 vs Pentium Silver A1030
Aggregate performance score
Core i5-4460 outperforms Pentium Silver A1030 by a whopping 258% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2846 | 1887 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 61 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 0.65 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | no data | Intel Core i5 (Desktop) |
| Power efficiency | 5.58 | 3.56 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | no data | Haswell (2013−2015) |
| Release date | 1 July 2020 (5 years ago) | 11 May 2014 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $182 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Pentium Silver A1030 and Core i5-4460 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 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.7 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 5 GT/s |
| L1 cache | no data | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 256 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 6 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 22 nm |
| Die size | no data | 177 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 deg C | 73 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 73 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,400 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Silver A1030 and Core i5-4460 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 |
| Socket | FCBGA1090 | FCLGA1150 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 84 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Core i5-4460. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2 | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| vPro | - | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | - | no data |
| My WiFi | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | - |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | + |
| Smart Response | - | no data |
| GPIO | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
| FDI | no data | + |
Security technologies
Pentium Silver A1030 and Core i5-4460 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| MPX | + | - |
| Identity Protection | + | + |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® ME | no data |
| OS Guard | + | + |
| Anti-Theft | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Core i5-4460 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Core i5-4460. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | upto-2400 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 25.6 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel HD Graphics 4600 |
| Max video memory | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Quick Sync Video | + | + |
| Clear Video HD | no data | + |
| Graphics max frequency | 700 GHz | 1.1 GHz |
| Execution Units | 12 | no data |
| InTru 3D | no data | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver A1030 and Core i5-4460 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | 3 |
| eDP | + | + |
| DisplayPort | + | + |
| HDMI | + | + |
| VGA | no data | + |
| MIPI-DSI | + | no data |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Core i5-4460 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | + | no data |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | no data | 4096x2304@24Hz |
| Max resolution over eDP | no data | 3840x2160@60Hz |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | no data | 3840x2160@60Hz |
| Max resolution over VGA | no data | 1920x1200@60Hz |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Core i5-4460 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 12 | 11.2/12 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Core i5-4460.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | Up to 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 6 | 16 |
| USB revision | 2.0/3.0 | no data |
| Total number of SATA ports | 2 | no data |
| Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | 2 | no data |
| Number of USB ports | 8 | no data |
| Integrated LAN | - | no data |
| UART | + | 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 | 0.78 | 2.79 |
| Recency | 1 July 2020 | 11 May 2014 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 84 Watt |
Pentium Silver A1030 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 460% lower power consumption.
i5-4460, on the other hand, has a 257.7% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
The Intel Core i5-4460 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Silver A1030 in performance tests.
Be aware that Pentium Silver A1030 is a notebook processor while Core i5-4460 is a desktop one.
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