Intel Core i5-5300U vs Intel Pentium Silver N5030

Core i5-5300U vs Pentium Silver N5030 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-5300U performs better than the Pentium Silver N5030. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium Silver N5030 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Pentium Silver N5030 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i5-5300U that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-5300U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Pentium Silver N5030. The Pentium Silver N5030 outputs less heat than Core i5-5300U thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-5300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.