i5-10310U vs Pentium Silver N5030

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N5030
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.63
Core i5-10310U
2020
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.06
+149%

Core i5-10310U outperforms Pentium Silver N5030 by a whopping 149% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N5030 and Core i5-10310U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20881415
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Gemini LakeIntel Comet Lake
Power efficiency25.7125.62
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Comet Lake-U (2019−2020)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)13 May 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5030 and Core i5-10310U 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 GHz1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cache4 MB1 MB
L3 cache4 MB6 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5030 and Core i5-10310U 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
SocketFCBGA1090FCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Core i5-10310U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift-+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
SIPP-+
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N5030 and Core i5-10310U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB+no data
Secure Key++
MPX++
Identity Protection++
SGXYes with Intel® MEYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Core i5-10310U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Core i5-10310U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data45.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 605Intel UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel Processors
Max video memory8 GB32 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequency750 MHz1.15 GHz
Execution Units1824

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N5030 and Core i5-10310U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVIno data+
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Core i5-10310U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hz4096 x 2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2160@60Hz4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hz4096 x 2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Core i5-10310U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.44.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Core i5-10310U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes616
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
i5-10310U 4.06
+149%

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
i5-10310U 6446
+148%

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
i5-10310U 546
+142%

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
i5-10310U 170
+110%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Pentium Silver N5030 1221
i5-10310U 3718
+204%

Blender(-)

Pentium Silver N5030 3450
+299%
i5-10310U 864

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Pentium Silver N5030 512
i5-10310U 1122
+119%

7-Zip Single

Pentium Silver N5030 2645
i5-10310U 4274
+61.6%

7-Zip

Pentium Silver N5030 7238
i5-10310U 16475
+128%

WebXPRT 3

Pentium Silver N5030 95
i5-10310U 195
+104%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.63 4.06
Integrated graphics card 1.18 5.58
Recency 4 November 2019 13 May 2020
Threads 4 8
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 15 Watt

Pentium Silver N5030 has 150% lower power consumption.

i5-10310U, on the other hand, has a 149.1% higher aggregate performance score, 372.9% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 6 months, and 100% more threads.

The Core i5-10310U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N5030 in performance tests.


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