Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U vs Pentium Silver N5000

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N5000
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.54
Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U
2020
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
6.23
+305%

Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by a whopping 305% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N5000 and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking21341083
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium SilverAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency24.2939.31
Architecture codenameGoldmont Plus (2017)Renoir PRO (Zen 2) (2020)
Release date11 December 2017 (7 years ago)7 May 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5000 and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U 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)
Threads48
Base clock speed1.1 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz3.7 GHz
Multiplier1125
L1 cache56 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB (shared)512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die size93 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 °C
Number of transistorsno data9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5000 and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U 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
SocketFCBGA1090FP6
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX-+
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+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N5000 and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
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 Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-4266
Maximum memory size8 GB64 GB
Max memory channels24
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s68.27 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 605AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 ( - 1400 MHz)
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency750 MHzno data
Execution Units18no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N5000 and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes6no data
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
Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U 6.23
+305%

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
Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U 9900
+305%

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
Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U 1300
+276%

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
Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U 3967
+361%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Pentium Silver N5000 1582
Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U 3657
+131%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.54 6.23
Integrated graphics card 1.18 4.65
Recency 11 December 2017 7 May 2020
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 15 Watt

Pentium Silver N5000 has 150% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U, on the other hand, has a 304.5% higher aggregate performance score, 294.1% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N5000 in performance tests.


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