Celeron 3955U vs Pentium Silver N5000

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron 3955U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2018	2394
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium Silver	Intel Celeron
Architecture codename	Gemini Lake (2019)	Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date	11 December 2017 (6 years ago)	15 August 2015 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	$107
Current price	$358 (2.2x MSRP)	$764 (7.1x MSRP)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron 3955U 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	2 GHz
Bus support	no data	4 GT/s
L1 cache	224 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	4 MB	2 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	98.57 mm210.3 mm × 9.57 mm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1750 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron 3955U 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	FCBGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron 3955U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	-	no data
My WiFi	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
TSX	no data	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
SIPP	no data	-
Smart Response	-	+
GPIO	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	Launched

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron 3955U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	+
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	+	-
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron 3955U are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron 3955U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1600, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size	8 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	34.1 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel UHD Graphics 605	Intel HD Graphics 510
Max video memory	8 GB	32 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	750 MHz	900 MHz
Execution Units	18	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron 3955U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	3
eDP	+	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
DVI	no data	+
MIPI-DSI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron 3955U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA	no data	N/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron 3955U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.4	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron 3955U.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	6	12
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 benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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 Celeron 3955U by 63% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.58	0.97
Integrated graphics card	1.17	1.36
Recency	11 December 2017	15 August 2015
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Cost	$161	$107
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	15 Watt

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