Intel® Pentium® Silver N5030

The Intel Pentium Silver N5030 is a laptop processor with 4 cores and 4 threads, built on the Gemini Lake architecture. It launched in Oct 2019. Clocks run from 1.1 GHz base to 3.1 GHz boost. A 4-MB L3 cache backs the cores (2.1 MB per core). It addresses DDR4, LPDDR4 memory up to 8 GB across 2 channels. The chip drops into the FCBGA1090 socket and exposes PCIe 2.0 (6 lanes). Rated TDP is 6 W. Notable platform capabilities: Extended Page Tables (EPT).

The Intel Pentium Silver N5030 scores 1,200 in single-core performance and 2,530 in multi-core performance (PassMark CPU Mark ratings). From those two ratings Feex computes 1,742 for overall performance, 3,325 for productivity performance, 3,552 for creator performance, 2,435 for engineering performance and 4,233 for gaming performance. Its multi-core throughput works out to 633 per core, 633 per thread and 422 per watt. Its computed efficiency index is 711. Its performance index is 22, so its overall performance is 78% below the Intel Core i5-12400 (index 100). Each bar shows the score as a share of a reference ceiling, which is the larger of the 99th-percentile score across the Feex CPU database and a fixed baseline.

Scores for individual PassMark CPU Mark test categories. Higher is better. These are measured test scores, not computed from the single-core and multi-core ratings.

In the individual workload tests the Intel Pentium Silver N5030 scores 10,862 in integer math, 5,670 in floating-point math, 34,438 in compression, 1,466 in cryptography, 174 in physics simulation, 1,031 in vector SIMD, 7 in the prime sieve and 4,158 in sorting. Higher is better. Compared with the Intel Core i5-12400, it is 82% below in integer math, 88% below in floating-point math, 85% below in compression, 87% below in cryptography, 84% below in physics simulation, 93% below in vector SIMD, 90% below in the prime sieve and 82% below in sorting. Each bar shows the score as a share of that workload's reference ceiling, the larger of the 99th-percentile score across CPUs with a recorded value and a fixed baseline.

The Intel Pentium Silver N5030 has 4 physical cores and runs 4 logical threads. It does not support simultaneous multithreading, so its thread count equals its core count. It runs at a base clock of 1.10 GHz and boosts up to 3.10 GHz.

The Intel Pentium Silver N5030 is a laptop processor, belongs to the Intel Pentium Silver family, uses the Gemini Lake architecture, carries the codename Gemini Lake Refresh and is manufactured on a 14 nm process. It launched in Oct 2019.

The Intel Pentium Silver N5030 has 224 KB of L1 cache, 4 MB of L2 cache and 4 MB of L3 cache. That adds up to about 8.2 MB of cache, or 2.06 MB per core.

The Intel Pentium Silver N5030 has a 3-level cache hierarchy: L1 at 224 KB, L2 at 4 MB and L3 at 4 MB. L2 is the largest level and makes up about 49% of the cache listed here.

The Intel Pentium Silver N5030 supports DDR4, LPDDR4 memory, addresses up to 8 GB of memory, uses 2 memory channels and runs memory at up to 2,400 MT/s. It does not support DDR5 memory.

The Intel Pentium Silver N5030 includes integrated graphics (Intel UHD Graphics 605) and clocks the graphics up to 0.75 GHz.

The Intel Pentium Silver N5030 uses the FCBGA1090 socket, supports PCI Express 2.0 and provides up to 6 PCIe lanes.

The Intel Pentium Silver N5030 has a rated TDP of 6 W.

Instruction sets, security, virtualization, AI acceleration and OS readiness. Features are listed as supported, explicitly not supported, or not recorded; a feature that is not recorded is not the same as unsupported.

The Intel Pentium Silver N5030 is also identified by the model number N5030.

Feex has recorded 59% of the specifications it tracks for the Intel Pentium Silver N5030. Values Feex does not hold are shown as "Not recorded" rather than estimated.

Not recorded: Core Configuration: Performance Cores, Efficiency Cores, Hybrid Architecture, All-Core Boost and Unlocked Multiplier. Architecture & Generation: ISA Family and Market Status. Cache: L2 Cache (per Core) and L4 Cache. Memory Support: Memory Bandwidth and ECC Memory. Graphics: Execution Units, Display Outputs and Max Video Memory. Platform & Compatibility: Package and Package Size. Power & Thermals: Base Power, Maximum Turbo Power, Configurable TDP (Min), Configurable TDP (Max), Max Junction Temperature and Tcase. Physical & Manufacturing: Transistor Count, Die Size, Die Count, Foundry and Launch Price. Naming & Aliases: Normalized Name, SKU, Processor Number and Part Number.

Processors that use the same FCBGA1090 socket as the Intel Pentium Silver N5030 and have the closest multi-core scores in the Feex database include Intel Pentium Silver N5000, Intel Celeron N4100, Intel Celeron N4120, Intel Celeron J4105 and Intel Celeron J4125.