i5-10400 vs Pentium Silver N5000

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N5000
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.54
Core i5-10400
2020
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
7.63
+395%

Core i5-10400 outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by a whopping 395% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N5000 and Core i5-10400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2134971
Place by popularitynot in top-10093
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentium Silverno data
Power efficiency24.2711.10
Architecture codenameGoldmont Plus (2017)Comet Lake (2020)
Release date11 December 2017 (7 years ago)30 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5000 and Core i5-10400 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed1.1 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
Multiplier11no data
L1 cache56 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB (shared)256K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size93 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5000 and Core i5-10400 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCBGA1090FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Core i5-10400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift-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--

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N5000 and Core i5-10400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB++
Secure Key++
MPX+-
Identity Protection++
SGXYes with Intel® MEYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Core i5-10400 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Core i5-10400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size8 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 605Intel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memory8 GB64 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequency750 MHz1.1 GHz
Execution Units18no data
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N5000 and Core i5-10400 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Core i5-10400 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096 x 2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Core i5-10400 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.44.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Core i5-10400.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes616
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no 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.


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 1.54
i5-10400 7.63
+395%

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 Silver N5000 2442
i5-10400 12115
+396%

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 Silver N5000 346
i5-10400 1445
+318%

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 Silver N5000 860
i5-10400 5534
+543%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.54 7.63
Integrated graphics card 1.18 3.09
Recency 11 December 2017 30 April 2020
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 12
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 65 Watt

Pentium Silver N5000 has 983.3% lower power consumption.

i5-10400, on the other hand, has a 395.5% higher aggregate performance score, 161.9% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, and 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

The Core i5-10400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N5000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Silver N5000 is a notebook processor while Core i5-10400 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver N5000 and Core i5-10400, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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