Atom x7-Z8700 vs Pentium Silver N5000

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N5000
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.58
+83.7%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by an impressive 84% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N5000 and Atom x7-Z8700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking20152458
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium Silver7x Intel Atom
Architecture codenameGemini Lake (2019)Cherry Trail (2016)
Release date11 December 2017 (6 years ago)2 March 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data
Current price$358 (2.2x MSRP)$377

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5000 and Atom x7-Z8700 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.1 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz2.4 GHz
L1 cache224 KBno data
L2 cache4 MB2 MB
L3 cache4 MB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C90 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5000 and Atom x7-Z8700 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1090UTFCBGA1380
Power consumption (TDP)6 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Atom x7-Z8700. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N5000 and Atom x7-Z8700 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Key+no data
MPX+no data
Identity Protection++
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Atom x7-Z8700 are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Atom x7-Z8700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s25.6 GB/s
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 605Intel HD Graphics
Max video memory8 GB8 GB
Quick Sync Video+no data
Graphics max frequency750 MHz600 MHz
Execution Units1816

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N5000 and Atom x7-Z8700 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+no data
HDMI+no data
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Atom x7-Z8700 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data3840x2160
Max resolution over eDPno data2560x1600

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Atom x7-Z8700 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Atom x7-Z8700.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes62
USB revision2.0/3.03.0
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports83
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no 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 Silver N5000 1.58
+83.7%
Atom x7-Z8700 0.86

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 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: 68%

Pentium Silver N5000 2442
+83.5%
Atom x7-Z8700 1331

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 83% 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%

Pentium Silver N5000 348
+95.5%
Atom x7-Z8700 178

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 96% 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%

Pentium Silver N5000 860
+67.6%
Atom x7-Z8700 513

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 68% 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%

Pentium Silver N5000 2295
+106%
Atom x7-Z8700 1114

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 106% 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%

Pentium Silver N5000 6688
+115%
Atom x7-Z8700 3116

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 115% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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%

Pentium Silver N5000 16.83
+45.6%
Atom x7-Z8700 24.51

Atom x7-Z8700 outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 46% 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%

Pentium Silver N5000 3
+122%
Atom x7-Z8700 1

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 122% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

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%

Pentium Silver N5000 237
+104%
Atom x7-Z8700 116

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 104% 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%

Pentium Silver N5000 78
+108%
Atom x7-Z8700 38

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 108% 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%

Pentium Silver N5000 0.94
+129%
Atom x7-Z8700 0.41

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 129% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

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%

Pentium Silver N5000 15
+49.8%
Atom x7-Z8700 10

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 50% in x264 encoding pass 2.

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%

Pentium Silver N5000 76
+50.1%
Atom x7-Z8700 51

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 50% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Pentium Silver N5000 5548
+68.1%
Atom x7-Z8700 3300

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 68% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Pentium Silver N5000 1778
+83.2%
Atom x7-Z8700 970

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 83% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Pentium Silver N5000 4819
+40.6%
Atom x7-Z8700 3427

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 41% in Geekbench 2.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.58 0.86
Recency 11 December 2017 2 March 2015

The Pentium Silver N5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x7-Z8700 in performance tests.


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