Ultra 5 235H vs Pentium Silver

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver
2020
1.88
Core Ultra 5 235H
2025
14 cores / 14 threads, 28 Watt
14.86
+690%

Core Ultra 5 235H outperforms Pentium Silver by a whopping 690% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2086514
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Power efficiencyno data50.80
DesignerIntelIntel
Architecture codenameno dataArrow Lake-H (2024−2025)
Release date1 July 2020 (4 years ago)1 January 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$354

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver and Core Ultra 5 235H 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 coresno data14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Performance-coresno data4
Efficient-coresno data8
Low Power Efficient-coresno data2
Threadsno data14
Base clock speedno data4.4 GHz
Boost clock speedno data5 GHz
L3 cacheno data18 MB
Chip lithographyno data5 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data110 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver and Core Ultra 5 235H 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataFCBGA2049
Power consumption (TDP)no data28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver and Core Ultra 5 235H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Thermal Monitoring-+
SIPP-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost-+
Supported AI Software Frameworks-OpenVINO™, WindowsML, ONNX RT, DirectML, WebNN

Security technologies

Pentium Silver and Core Ultra 5 235H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver and Core Ultra 5 235H are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver and Core Ultra 5 235H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-6400
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® Arc™ 140T GPU
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data2.25 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver and Core Ultra 5 235H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver and Core Ultra 5 235H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS) 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz (HDMI2.1 FRL)
Max resolution over eDPno data3840x2400 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver and Core Ultra 5 235H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.2
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver and Core Ultra 5 235H.

PCI Express lanesno data28
PCI supportno data5.0 and 4.0

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.

Pentium Silver 1.88
Ultra 5 235H 14.86
+690%

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Pentium Silver 3010
Ultra 5 235H 23841
+692%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.88 14.86
Recency 1 July 2020 1 January 2025

Ultra 5 235H has a 690.4% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 4 years.

The Intel Core Ultra 5 235H is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Silver in performance tests.

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