Ultra 7 258V vs Pentium Silver N5030

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N5030
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.63
Core Ultra 7 258V
2024
8 cores / 8 threads, 17 Watt
12.55
+670%

Core Ultra 7 258V outperforms Pentium Silver N5030 by a whopping 670% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N5030 and Core Ultra 7 258V processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2088619
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Gemini Lakeno data
Power efficiency25.7169.86
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Lunar Lake (2024)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5030 and Core Ultra 7 258V 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed1.1 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz4.8 GHz
Bus rateno data37 MHz
L1 cacheno data192 KB (per core)
L2 cache4 MB2.5 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm3 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5030 and Core Ultra 7 258V 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
SocketFCBGA1090Intel BGA 2833
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Core Ultra 7 258V. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N5030 and Core Ultra 7 258V technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
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 Core Ultra 7 258V are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Core Ultra 7 258V. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 605Arc 140V
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 Core Ultra 7 258V 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 Core Ultra 7 258V 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 Core Ultra 7 258V integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Core Ultra 7 258V.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanes64
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
Ultra 7 258V 12.55
+670%

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
Ultra 7 258V 19937
+669%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Pentium Silver N5030 2498
Ultra 7 258V 9982
+300%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Pentium Silver N5030 7724
Ultra 7 258V 36479
+372%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Pentium Silver N5030 3895
Ultra 7 258V 10693
+175%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Pentium Silver N5030 3
Ultra 7 258V 20
+536%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Pentium Silver N5030 226
Ultra 7 258V 1593
+605%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Pentium Silver N5030 81
Ultra 7 258V 270
+234%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Pentium Silver N5030 1.02
Ultra 7 258V 3.36
+229%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Pentium Silver N5030 1163
Ultra 7 258V 8536
+634%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Pentium Silver N5030 1221
Ultra 7 258V 9723
+696%

Blender(-)

Pentium Silver N5030 3450
+824%
Ultra 7 258V 374

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Pentium Silver N5030 512
Ultra 7 258V 1973
+285%

7-Zip Single

Pentium Silver N5030 2645
Ultra 7 258V 5553
+110%

7-Zip

Pentium Silver N5030 7238
Ultra 7 258V 36068
+398%

WebXPRT 3

Pentium Silver N5030 95
Ultra 7 258V 270
+182%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.63 12.55
Recency 4 November 2019 24 September 2024
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 17 Watt

Pentium Silver N5030 has 183.3% lower power consumption.

Ultra 7 258V, on the other hand, has a 669.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Core Ultra 7 258V is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N5030 in performance tests.


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