Athlon 3000G vs Pentium Silver N5030

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N5030
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.63
Athlon 3000G
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.82
+73%

Athlon 3000G outperforms Pentium Silver N5030 by an impressive 73% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N5030 and Athlon 3000G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20881681
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data5.27
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Gemini LakeAMD Athlon
Power efficiency25.717.63
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)21 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$49

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5030 and Athlon 3000G 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplierno data35
L1 cacheno data96K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data209.78 mm2?
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5030 and Athlon 3000G 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1090AM4
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Athlon 3000G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
AVX-+
PowerNow-+
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 N5030 and Athlon 3000G 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 N5030 and Athlon 3000G 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 N5030 and Athlon 3000G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size8 GB64 GB?
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 605AMD Radeon Vega 3
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 N5030 and Athlon 3000G 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 N5030 and Athlon 3000G integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Athlon 3000G integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Athlon 3000G.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes66
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 N5030 1.63
Athlon 3000G 2.82
+73%

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 N5030 2594
Athlon 3000G 4477
+72.6%

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 N5030 358
Athlon 3000G 956
+167%

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 N5030 785
Athlon 3000G 1958
+149%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.63 2.82
Integrated graphics card 1.18 2.98
Physical cores 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 35 Watt

Pentium Silver N5030 has 100% more physical cores, and 483.3% lower power consumption.

Athlon 3000G, on the other hand, has a 73% higher aggregate performance score, and 152.5% faster integrated GPU.

The Athlon 3000G is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N5030 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Silver N5030 is a notebook processor while Athlon 3000G is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver N5030 and Athlon 3000G, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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