Pentium Gold G5400 vs Pentium Silver N5000

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N5000 and Pentium Gold G5400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1993	1670
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	5.74
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Pentium Silver	Intel Pentium Gold
Architecture codename	Gemini Lake (2019)	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date	11 December 2017 (6 years ago)	2 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	$64
Current price	$358 (2.2x MSRP)	$40 (0.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5000 and Pentium Gold G5400 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	4
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus support	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	224 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	126 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5000 and Pentium Gold G5400 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	FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	58 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Pentium Gold G5400. 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
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	no data	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
SIPP	no data	-
Smart Response	-	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	Launched

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N5000 and Pentium Gold G5400 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 Pentium Gold G5400 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Pentium Gold G5400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	8 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	37.5 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel UHD Graphics 605	Intel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memory	8 GB	64 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	750 MHz	1.05 GHz
Execution Units	18	no data
InTru 3D	no data	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N5000 and Pentium Gold G5400 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	3
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 Pentium Gold G5400 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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Pentium Gold G5400 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.4	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Pentium Gold G5400.

PCIe version	2.0	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 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 Gold G5400 outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 53% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.58	2.41
Integrated graphics card	1.17	1.34
Recency	11 December 2017	2 April 2018
Physical cores	4	2
Cost	$161	$64
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	58 Watt

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