i9-12950HX vs Pentium Silver N5030

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N5030
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.63
Core i9-12950HX
2022
16 cores / 24 threads, 55 Watt
20.30
+1145%

Core i9-12950HX outperforms Pentium Silver N5030 by a whopping 1145% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N5030 and Core i9-12950HX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2088276
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Gemini Lakeno data
Power efficiency25.7134.93
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Alder Lake-HX (2022)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)10 May 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5030 and Core i9-12950HX 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads424
Base clock speed1.1 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz5 GHz
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data215 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5030 and Core i9-12950HX 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
SocketFCBGA1090FCBGA1964
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Core i9-12950HX. 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++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift-+
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
SIPP-+
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N5030 and Core i9-12950HX technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Core i9-12950HX 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 i9-12950HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size8 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 605Intel UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel Processors
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video++
Graphics max frequency750 MHz1.55 GHz
Execution Units1832

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N5030 and Core i9-12950HX integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported34
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Core i9-12950HX integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hz4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2160@60Hz5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hz7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Core i9-12950HX integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212.1
OpenGL4.44.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Core i9-12950HX.

PCIe version2.05.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes620
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
i9-12950HX 20.30
+1145%

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
i9-12950HX 32246
+1143%

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
i9-12950HX 3107
+1275%

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
i9-12950HX 274
+239%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Pentium Silver N5030 1221
i9-12950HX 15229
+1147%

Blender(-)

Pentium Silver N5030 3450
+1871%
i9-12950HX 175

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Pentium Silver N5030 512
i9-12950HX 1886
+268%

7-Zip Single

Pentium Silver N5030 2645
i9-12950HX 6197
+134%

7-Zip

Pentium Silver N5030 7238
i9-12950HX 77003
+964%

WebXPRT 3

Pentium Silver N5030 95
i9-12950HX 311
+226%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.63 20.30
Integrated graphics card 1.18 5.58
Recency 4 November 2019 10 May 2022
Physical cores 4 16
Threads 4 24
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 55 Watt

Pentium Silver N5030 has 816.7% lower power consumption.

i9-12950HX, on the other hand, has a 1145.4% higher aggregate performance score, 372.9% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, and 300% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

The Core i9-12950HX is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N5030 in performance tests.


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