Ryzen 7 5700G vs Pentium Silver N5030

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N5030
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.63
Ryzen 7 5700G
2021
8 cores / 16 threads, 65 Watt
15.45
+848%

Ryzen 7 5700G outperforms Pentium Silver N5030 by a whopping 848% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N5030 and Ryzen 7 5700G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2088452
Place by popularitynot in top-10045
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data27.78
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Gemini LakeAMD Ryzen 7
Power efficiency25.7122.49
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Cezanne (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)13 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$359

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5030 and Ryzen 7 5700G 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)
Threads416
Base clock speed1.1 GHz3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz4.6 GHz
Multiplierno data38
L1 cacheno data512 KB
L2 cache4 MB4 MB
L3 cache4 MB16 MB
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die sizeno dataAM4 (1331) mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5030 and Ryzen 7 5700G 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
SocketFCBGA1090AM4
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Ryzen 7 5700G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX-+
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

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N5030 and Ryzen 7 5700G 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 Ryzen 7 5700G 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 Ryzen 7 5700G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.196 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 605AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 5000)
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 Ryzen 7 5700G 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 Ryzen 7 5700G 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 Ryzen 7 5700G integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Ryzen 7 5700G.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes6no data
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
Ryzen 7 5700G 15.45
+848%

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
Ryzen 7 5700G 24537
+846%

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
Ryzen 7 5700G 2008
+461%

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
Ryzen 7 5700G 8872
+1030%

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
Ryzen 7 5700G 6196
+148%

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
Ryzen 7 5700G 38827
+403%

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
Ryzen 7 5700G 14324
+268%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Pentium Silver N5030 14.65
Ryzen 7 5700G 4.33
+238%

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
Ryzen 7 5700G 24
+663%

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
Ryzen 7 5700G 2107
+833%

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
Ryzen 7 5700G 243
+200%

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
Ryzen 7 5700G 2.86
+180%

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
Ryzen 7 5700G 7681
+560%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Pentium Silver N5030 18
Ryzen 7 5700G 123
+602%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Pentium Silver N5030 84
Ryzen 7 5700G 274
+226%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Pentium Silver N5030 1221
Ryzen 7 5700G 8681
+611%

Blender(-)

Pentium Silver N5030 3450
+1381%
Ryzen 7 5700G 233

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Pentium Silver N5030 512
Ryzen 7 5700G 1579
+208%

7-Zip Single

Pentium Silver N5030 2645
Ryzen 7 5700G 5814
+120%

7-Zip

Pentium Silver N5030 7238
Ryzen 7 5700G 59702
+725%

WebXPRT 3

Pentium Silver N5030 95
Ryzen 7 5700G 290
+203%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.63 15.45
Integrated graphics card 1.18 9.05
Recency 4 November 2019 13 April 2021
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 4 16
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 65 Watt

Pentium Silver N5030 has 983.3% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 5700G, on the other hand, has a 847.9% higher aggregate performance score, 666.9% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 7 5700G 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 Ryzen 7 5700G is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver N5030 and Ryzen 7 5700G, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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