We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.1 GHz Intel Pentium Silver N5000 with 4-cores against the 2.0 GHz Core i3 5005U with 2-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
What are the key differences between 5005U and N5000
Advantages of Intel Pentium Silver N5000
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Newer - released 3-years later
Advantages of Intel Core i3 5005U
- Supports up to 16 GB DDR3L-1600 RAM
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
Cinebench R23
Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
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PassMark
Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 11 GOps/sec 6.5 GOps/sec Floating point math 5.8 GOps/sec 4.3 GOps/sec Find prime numbers 7M Primes/sec 10M Primes/sec Random string sorting 4.4M Strings/sec 3.7M Strings/sec Data encryption 1.5 GBytes/sec 0.5 GBytes/sec Data compression 35.2 MBytes/sec 28.6 MBytes/sec Physics 176 Frames/sec 194 Frames/sec Extended instructions 1B Matrices/sec 1.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Pentium Silver N5000 and Core i3 5005U
General
Vendor Intel Intel Released December 11, 2017 January 5, 2015 Type Laptop Laptop instruction set x86-64 x86-64 Model number N5000 i3-5005U Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 605 HD Graphics 5500
CPU
Performance Cores P-Cores 4 2 P-Threads 4 4 Base Frequency (P) 1.1 GHz 2.0 GHz Total Total Cores 4 2 Total Threads 4 4 Multiplier - 20x Bus Bandwidth - 5 GT/s L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core) L2 Cache 4MB (per core) 256K (per core) L3 Cache - 3MB (shared) Unlocked Multiplier No No
Package
Fabrication process 14 nm 14 nm TDP (PL1) 6 W 15 W Socket BGA-1090 BGA-1168 Peak temperature 105°C 105°C
iGPU
Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 605 Intel HD Graphics 5500 GPU Base Clock 200 MHz - GPU Boost Clock 750 MHz 850 MHz Shading Units 144 - TMUs 18 - ROPs 3 - Execution Units 18 - TGP 5 W - Max. Resolution 3840x2160 - 30 Hz -
Memory Support
Memory types - DDR4-2400 - LPDDR4-2400 - DDR3L-1600 - LPDDR3-1600 Memory Size 8 GB 16 GB Max. Memory Channels 2 2 Max. Memory Bandwidth - 25.6 GB/s ECC Support No No
Cast your vote
Choose between two processors
Pentium Silver N5000
36 (81.8%)
Total votes: 44
Сompetitors
So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i3 5005U or Pentium Silver N5000?