N250 vs Pentium Silver N5030

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N5030 and N250 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2122	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Gemini Lake	no data
Power efficiency	25.73	no data
Architecture codename	Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)	no data
Release date	4 November 2019 (5 years ago)	1 January 2025 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5030 and N250 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	3.8 GHz
L2 cache	4 MB	no data
L3 cache	4 MB	6 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	105 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5030 and N250 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FCBGA1090	FCBGA1264
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and N250. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	-	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Smart Response	-	no data
GPIO	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N5030 and N250 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	+
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and N250 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and N250. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	8 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics 605	Intel® Graphics
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Graphics max frequency	750 MHz	1.25 GHz
Execution Units	18	32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N5030 and N250 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	3
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
MIPI-DSI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and N250 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2160@30Hz	4096 x 2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2160@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2160@60Hz	4096 x 2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and N250 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	12.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and N250.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	6	9
USB revision	2.0/3.0	2.0/3.2
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	8	no data
Integrated LAN	-	no data
UART	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency

4 November 2019

1 January 2025

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