Pentium Silver N5000 vs Turion 64 MK-38
Aggregate performance score
Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Turion 64 MK-38 by a whopping 570% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Turion 64 MK-38 and Pentium Silver N5000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3191 | 2134 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Turion 64 | Intel Pentium Silver |
| Power efficiency | 0.70 | 24.31 |
| Architecture codename | Richmond | Goldmont Plus (2017) |
| Release date | no data | 11 December 2017 (7 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $161 |
Detailed specifications
Turion 64 MK-38 and Pentium Silver N5000 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 2.7 GHz |
| Bus rate | 800 MHz | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 11 |
| L1 cache | no data | 56 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 4 MB (shared) |
| L3 cache | no data | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | no data | 93 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Turion 64 MK-38 and Pentium Silver N5000 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 | no data | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | no data | FCBGA1090 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 6 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion 64 MK-38 and Pentium Silver N5000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.2 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| 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
Turion 64 MK-38 and Pentium Silver N5000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | no data | + |
| Secure Key | no data | + |
| MPX | - | + |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® ME |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
| Anti-Theft | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion 64 MK-38 and Pentium Silver N5000 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion 64 MK-38 and Pentium Silver N5000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 38.397 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel UHD Graphics 605 |
| Max video memory | no data | 8 GB |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 750 MHz |
| Execution Units | no data | 18 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Turion 64 MK-38 and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 3 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
| MIPI-DSI | no data | + |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Turion 64 MK-38 and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | no data | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Turion 64 MK-38 and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | 12 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.4 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion 64 MK-38 and Pentium Silver N5000.
| PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 6 |
| USB revision | no data | 2.0/3.0 |
| Total number of SATA ports | no data | 2 |
| Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | no data | 2 |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 8 |
| 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.23 | 1.54 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 4 |
| Threads | 1 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 6 Watt |
Pentium Silver N5000 has a 569.6% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 416.7% lower power consumption.
The Pentium Silver N5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion 64 MK-38 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Turion 64 MK-38 and Pentium Silver N5000, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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