Ryzen AI Max+ 392 vs Pentium Silver N5000

#ad 
Buy on Amazon
VS

Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N5000
2017, $161
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.40
Ryzen AI Max+ 392
2026
12 cores / 24 threads, 55 Watt
26.05
+1761%

Ryzen AI Max+ 392 outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by a whopping 1761% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2455248
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.18no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium Silverno data
Power efficiency9.8519.98
DesignerIntelAMD
ManufacturerIntelTSMC
Architecture codenameGoldmont Plus (2017)Strix Halo (2025−2026)
Release date11 December 2017 (8 years ago)6 January 2026 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5000 and Ryzen AI Max+ 392 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads424
Base clock speed1.1 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz5 GHz
Multiplier11no data
L1 cache256 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache4 MB (shared)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm4 nm
Die size93 mm22x 70.6 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5000 and Ryzen AI Max+ 392 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
SocketFCBGA1090FP11
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Ryzen AI Max+ 392. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
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
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N5000 and Ryzen AI Max+ 392 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+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 AI Max+ 392 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 AI Max+ 392. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4LPDDR5X
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 605AMD Radeon 8060S
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 AI Max+ 392 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 AI Max+ 392 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Ryzen AI Max+ 392 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 AI Max+ 392.

PCIe version2.04.0
PCI Express lanes616
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

Pentium Silver N5000 1.40
Ryzen AI Max+ 392 26.05
+1761%

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Pentium Silver N5000 2442
Samples: 737
Ryzen AI Max+ 392 43594
+1685%
Samples: 7

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.40 26.05
Integrated graphics card 1.08 43.38
Recency 11 December 2017 6 January 2026
Physical cores 4 12
Threads 4 24
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 55 Watt

Pentium Silver N5000 has 817% lower power consumption.

Ryzen AI Max+ 392, on the other hand, has a 1761% higher aggregate performance score, 3917% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 8 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 392 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Silver N5000 in performance tests.

Other comparisons

We've compiled a selection of CPU comparisons, ranging from closely matched processors to other comparisons that may be of interest.

Community ratings

Here you can see how users rate the processors, as well as rate them yourself.


3.3 1085 votes

Rate Pentium Silver N5000 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
4.2 5 votes

Rate Ryzen AI Max 392 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Comments

Here you can give us your opinion about processors Pentium Silver N5000 and Ryzen AI Max+ 392, agree or disagree with our ratings, or report bugs or inaccuracies on the site.